This collection of sixteen stories surprised me. Not the quality so much as the diversity. If anyone has ever wondered, or perhaps doubted the power of the short story form, Joe Hill at times masters it, and then makes it jump through flaming hoops. Continue reading
"Good Country People" by Flannery O’Connor Copyright 1955 by Flannery O’Connor Renewed © 1983 by Regina O’Connor from A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories Read for: Short Story Sunday Short Story Monday Flipping through … Continue reading
“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor Reprinted in 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology by permission of Harcourt, Inc. Read for: C.B.’s Short Story Sunday John’s Short Story Monday Advisory: This story contains language of a … Continue reading
“Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid (1983)Reprinted in 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthologyby permission of Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, LLC Read for:C.B.’s Short Story SundayJohn’s Short Story Monday This is not your typical short story. It is a sentence. A very … Continue reading
I hate giving out spoilers, and in reading over this review, I may have told you more about the story than I had intended. It would be my option to edit this so it doesn’t. However, this is a well written story with depth and one I would highly recommend as even though this is technically about vampires, its theme is contemporary and engaging and could be about any minority in our society seeking to be heard and recognized. Continue reading
“Judith Castle” by David Mitchellfrom The Book of Other People edited by Zadie Smith Each copy of this book sold benefits 826NYC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to … Continue reading
“Lélé” by Edwidge Danticatfrom The Book of Other Peopleedited by Zadie Smith Each copy of this book sold benefits 826NYC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers … Continue reading
“Judge Gladys Parks-Schultz” by Heidi Julavits The Book of Other Peopleedited by Zadie Smith Each copy of this book sold benefits 826NYC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to … Continue reading
“The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence (1926) First published July 1926 in Harper’s Bazaar.Reprinted in The Dark Descent by permission of Laurence Pollinger, Ltd. the Estate of Mrs. Freida Lawrence Ravagli, and Viking Penguin, Inc. Why is it that every … Continue reading
“A Little Something for Us Tempunauts” by Philip K. Dick (1974)Originally printed Final Stage (1975) Reprinted in The Dark Descent edited by David G. Hartwell (1987) Read for Short Story Monday over at The Book Mine Set “Every man has … Continue reading
“The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins GilmanFrom The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories (1997)Dover Publications, Inc. “The Yellow Wallpaper” was first published in The New England Magazine in January 1892. I read this a while back in college. However, I … Continue reading
The Dead by James Joyce (1914)(One of fifteen stories which makes up Dubliners) Dover Publications, Inc. Dover Thrift Editions, Unabridged Read for The Novella Challenge There is debate as to whether or not this work by Joyce is a Short … Continue reading