“Bootstraps” a Finalist in Glimmer Train Fiction Contest posted in Blog on September 12, 2009 by David Eric Tomlinson SHARE Tweet My short story “Bootstraps” was recently named a finalist in the Glimmer Train June 2009 Fiction Open contest. You can read the story here. Related posts: The Art of the Short Story The DIY MFA in Creative Writing DIY MFA Reading List: “Collected Stories and Other Writings” by John Cheever DIY MFA Reading List: “T.C. Boyle Stories”