Tag Archives: short stories
Review: North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Nathan Ballingrud’s Shirley Jackson Award winning debut collection is a shattering and luminous experience not to be missed by those who love to explore the darker parts of the human psyche. Monsters, real and … Continue reading →
Review: The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington
Buy it here: publisher, Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was a master of the macabre, of gorgeous tableaus, biting satire, roguish comedy, and brilliant, effortless flights of the imagination. Nowhere are these qualities more ingeniously … Continue reading →
Review: Zero-Sum: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Zero-sum games are played for lethal stakes in these arresting stories by one of America’s most acclaimed writers, the award-winning, best-selling author of Blonde A brilliant young philosophy student bent on seducing her famous … Continue reading →
Review: Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winning TikTok sensation Tender Is the Flesh. From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica, this collection of nineteen brutal, darkly funny short stories takes … Continue reading →
Review: The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Buy Here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A collection of raucous stories that offer a panoramic view of New Orleans from the author of the “stunning and audacious” (NPR) debut novel We Cast a Shadow. Maurice Carlos Ruffin has an uncanny ability to … Continue reading →
Review: Unfortunates by Leo X. Robertson
Tentative release date: June 24, 2021 Preorder it here: Amazon Synopsis: In this collection of stories a sadistic blogger gleefully documents the murders of Hollywood celebrities. A journalist infiltrates a sex club for the physically impaired, finding he has more … Continue reading →
Review: Wild Swims by Dorthe Nors
Buy here: Amazon Bookshop Synopsis: A dazzling return to the short story by a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize In fourteen effervescent stories, Dorthe Nors plumbs the depths of the human heart, from desire to melancholy and everything … Continue reading →
Review: Full Throttle by Joe Hill
Hardcover, 480 pages Published October 1st 2019 by William Morrow Original Title Full Throttle ISBN 0062200674 (ISBN13: 9780062200679) Edition Language English Buy Now Here: Amazon Barnes & Noble IndieBound Synopsis: In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles … Continue reading →
Friday Fiction: When Am I Gonna Lose You
Each Friday I plan to write a story inspired by a song I’ve been listening to. This week is “When Am I Gonna Lose You,” by Local Natives. I loved their first album, Gorilla Manor but kind of lost track of … Continue reading →
Fiction: Finished Projects
He was sick of everyone and everyone was sick of him. After he yelled at everyone for a solid twenty minutes, he sat backstage, on a almost broken stool that he dug out of a pile of discarded show props, … Continue reading →
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