I idolize a variety of short story writers - classic, modern, antique. I do not try to emulate them, I do - though, try to reach up to their ankles. Sometimes I succeed. I do not know if this is a measure of quality, but... I like reading my own stories too. Actually I do it while writing them. I never plan a story, I let it flow the way it wants to flow (I am extremely democratic in this and other aspects) and it provides me, while writing, the same...