I am genuinely impressed by the way this collection invokes the spirit of Shirley Jackson. So many of the stories read as if they might have come from her pen, so seamlessly do they fit into the dark atmosphere engendered by stories such as The Haunting Of Hill House, The Lottery and We Have Always …
Tag: Short Stories
Mar 24 2022
When Things Get Dark edited by Ellen Datlow
- By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Horror, Short Stories
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March 24, 2022
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Jan 10 2022
Cinder The Fireplace Boy: And Other Gayly Grimm Tales (Rewoven Tales) by Ana Mardoll
- By Doreen Sheridan in Children's, Doreen, Fantasy, Short Stories
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January 10, 2022
Oh, man, the punctuation in that title sets my teeth on edge. It also bothers me that it’s part of a series but there’s no numbering for said series which, as of writing, consists of a novel and two short story collections. I suppose it doesn’t matter if the books are read out of order, …
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Dec 16 2021
The Cursed Carnival And Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes compiled by Rick Riordan
- By Doreen Sheridan in Children's, Doreen, Fantasy, Mythology, Science Fiction, Short Stories
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December 16, 2021
First, a small pat on the back to myself for slowly but surely catching up on my reading backlog. Second, a huge pat on the back to everyone involved with Rick Riordan Presents, an imprint that showcases fantastic middle-grade fiction based on world mythologies. The representation is gloriously diverse and fascinatingly educational. I love mythology …
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Nov 02 2021
Daggers Drawn edited by Maxim Jakubowski
- By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Mystery, Short Stories
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November 2, 2021
I really struggled with this short story collection, which is unusual given that its publisher tends to be astonishingly good at anthologies. I wonder if some small part of that was due to how my brains have been practically leaking out my ears as I worked to hit several deadlines this past week (including the …
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Oct 25 2021
The Last Line by Robert Dugoni
- By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Mystery, Short Stories
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October 25, 2021
Wow, what a way to whet a reader’s appetite for more! Police Detective Del Castigliano has left Madison, Wisconsin for Seattle, ostensibly to pursue opportunities in Homicide, but really to get away from a failed engagement and memories of his ex. He’s partnered with hotshot veteran detective Moss Gunderson, who’s generously given him the lead …
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Oct 21 2021
Hugo Awards 2021: Best Short Story Nominees
- By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories
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October 21, 2021
There was a wealth of authors I very much enjoy reading in this slate, and new-to-me authors I was pleased to make acquaintance of! On reflection, I don’t feel that this year’s list was as good as last year’s, tho was still solidly entertaining. As with last year, I’ll go over each (mostly) alphabetically. A …
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Sep 17 2021
From The Neck Up by Aliya Whiteley
- By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories
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September 17, 2021
Bluntly, I don’t know anyone working in speculative fiction today who consistently writes such disturbingly weird shit. But not like in a gratuitous way. Aliya Whiteley doesn’t want to shock you, necessarily, but she is unafraid to plumb into the deeper, uglier parts of the human psyche to examine the monstrous and strange, to ponder …
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Jun 25 2021
Life And Other Shortcomings by Corie Adjmi
- By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Feminism, Religion, Short Stories
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June 25, 2021
This slim volume of short stories punches far above its weight class as it examines the lives of loosely connected characters in and around the turn of 21st century America. The opening story Dinner Conversation is one of the strongest, revolving around three couples out to dinner and the weight of expectations felt by the …
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Jun 01 2021
Honeycomb by Joanne M. Harris & Charles Vess
- By Doreen Sheridan in Art, Doreen, Fantasy, Short Stories
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June 1, 2021
What a sumptuous delight of a novel that greatly satisfied both the craftsman and the girl-in-search-of-the-fantastic living inside me! Joanne M Harris has turned her considerable talents to a mosaic novel crafted as a compendium of fairy tales that are both wildly original yet hearken back to the tales we already know, usually giving the …
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Apr 13 2021
Love In Color: Mythical Tales From Around The World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
- By Doreen Sheridan in Doreen, Mythology, Romance, Short Stories
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April 13, 2021
I finished this book of romantic short stories and thought to myself “why on earth did I think this was going to be more about myths than romance?” And then I copied the full title for this review and realized that it was because Love In Color has been marketed as such. Which is a …
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