9/3/08, 1115 EDT: GalleyCat considers Leon Neyfakh's call for selling short stories piecemeal, probably with some sort of online component involved.

9/3/08, 1731 EDT: John Scalzi explains how his latest short story, "Denise Jones, Super Booker," went from completion to sale to online publication in just 13 minutes. OK, technically, it's not being sold online, but it could've been!

(Also, thanks to the readers who pointed out that publishers like Harlequin and retail outlets like Amazon.com are already selling short stories as individual units.)