29.May.2010 Short Saturday: QL 696.C9 by Anthony Boucher
Continuing In the Stacks: Short Stories about Libraries and Librarians I read a murder mystery/detective short today by Anthony Boucher. The murder happens in a library to a librarian and the mystery revolves around library code. Fun. I don’t normally read mystery novels, let alone short stories, but short seems to be a less suitable [...]
08.May.2010 Short Saturday: First Love and Other Sorrows by Harold Brodkey
In Short Saturday I will journal my journey to find 5-star quality short stories. Unlike my book reviews, I will talk more about my thoughts and what I learn, why I choose the story and how I come upon it. Unlike books, I’m willing to take more risk for shorts, because they are.. well.. short, [...]
17.Apr.2010 The evolution of trickster stories among the dogs of North Park after the Change by Kij Johnson (Short) and Misc
Do you also find it ironic that the super long title of this post is followed by ‘short’? The evolution of trickster stories among the dogs of North Park after the Change is a short story by Kij Johnson, which I picked out of Nymeth‘s favorite short stories (check her sidebar). Knowing that it’s about [...]
04.Apr.2010 Short Saturday: Chicxulub by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Oh how do I begin? Chicxulub is such a simple story. A man and his wife has the phone ring one night. Their daughter has been in an accident. Everything in the story is like a thunderstorm, sweeping me, like a meteor, hitting with resonating impact. Like Chicxulub, an asteroid that collided with the earth [...]
21.Mar.2010 Short Saturday: Gaiman, Jackson, and Gilman
In Short Saturday I will journal my journey to find 5-star quality short stories, whose virtual trophy right now is held by Truman Capote and Haruki Murakami. Unlike my book reviews, I will talk more about my thoughts and what I learn, why I choose the story and how I come upon it. Unlike books, [...]
06.Feb.2010 Short Saturday: Borges and Nabokov
In Short Saturday I will journal my journey to find 5-star quality short stories, whose virtual trophy right now is held by Truman Capote and Haruki Murakami. Unlike my book reviews, I will talk more about my thoughts and what I learn, why I choose the story and how I come upon it. Unlike books, [...]
30.Jan.2010 Short Saturday: Murakami, Borges, and Babel
In Short Saturday I will journal my journey to find 5-star quality short stories, whose virtual trophy right now is only held by Truman Capote for A Christmas Memory. Unlike my book reviews, I will talk more about my thoughts and what I learn, why I choose the story and how I come upon it. [...]
22.Jan.2010 Short Saturday: Carver, Moore, and Chekhov
In Short Saturday I will journal my journey to find 5-star quality short stories, whose virtual trophy right now is only held by Truman Capote for A Christmas Memory. Unlike my book reviews, I will talk more about my thoughts and what I learn, why I choose the story and how I come upon it. [...]
16.Jan.2010 Short Saturday: Brodkey, Munro, and Kundera
In Short Saturday I will journal my journey to find 5-star quality short stories, whose virtual trophy right now is only held by Truman Capote for A Christmas Memory. Unlike my book reviews, I will talk more about my thoughts and what I learn, why I choose the story and how I come upon it. [...]
