Steve S. Saroff is the author of the novel Paper Targets. He is a short-story writer, novelist, and inventor. His recent stories have appeared in Monkeybicycle, Jewish Fiction Journal, Examined Life (University of Iowa), and BULL. In a different era, he paid his rent with what he was paid for his stories, which appeared in Redbook and other national glossy magazines that were read by millions. As its 1st investor, and friend, and advisor to the founder, he helped launch Submishmash/Submittable.
Books
Selected work
If My Book: Paper Targets
Monkeybicycle, 2026
Haunted
Monkeybicycle, 2025
Wildhorse Island
redbook, 1985
Circus by Steve S. Saroff
The Examined Life Journal, 2025
What We Share
Jewish Fiction, 2025
"Missoula After Too Many Girlfriends" by Steve S. Saroff — Across The Margin
Across the Margin, 2026
Success
ArLiJo (Arlington Literary Journal), 2023
First Snow
BULL lit mag, 2025
Letter To My Daughter by Steve S. Saroff
Redbook, 1983
Music, 1976
San Antonio Review, 2026
Lies by Steve S. Saroff
Montana Review
“Look what I found.” Thoughts about pottery
Musing about Mud, 2013
Words From The Obsessed
2014
Issue 1—Summer 2026
Interstice Journal, 2026
Our Last Game (Steve S. Saroff)
Rejection Letters, 2026
Success by Steve Saroff | MoonLit Getaway
MoonLit Getaway, 2026
Success (reprinted)
Cabbage Patch, 2026
Success
The Globe Review, 2026


