A Foreign Country is the Past by Fernando Sdrigotti
a great collection of short stories that aren’t pretending to not be a collection of short stories
Tag: short story
The Wind’s Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin
some of the best fiction you’re likely to find… plus some stories that aren’t
The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
stream of consciousness response to reading an illustrated short story
James Baldwin Threeway
baldwin, baldwin, baldwin
Winter in July by Doris Lessing
short stories about non-monogamous colonial types
Till September Petronella by Jean Rhys
unprecedented: i enjoy a book of short stories cover to cover
Selected Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
mediocre prose and a child bride: time to cancel Poe
Daydream and Drunkenness of a Young Lady by Clarice Lispector
finally seeing what the fuss is about
Remembering Oluwale: An Anthology edited by SJ Bradley
a powerful anthology of poetry and prose
The Automaton by David Wheldon
i remember that i don’t like reading about magic
Jackdaws by Neil Campbell
a return to prose and a whine about violence
Paymon’s Trio by Colette de Curzon
a short story chapbook that’s fine, no more, no less
Gross In Feather, Loud In Voice by Judson Hamilton
Emotive, bizarre, inventive, stories.
Triumph of the Now TV
home of the lo-fi magazine web series
Homunculus by Aleksandar Prokopiev
Contemporary fairy tales from Macedonia
Happy Ending NOT Guaranteed by Liam Hogan
My latest review over at Open Pen discusses the point of fiction…
In the Company of Ghosts: The Poetics of the Motorway edited by Alan Corkish
driving myself crazy / reading books about the motorway
Attrib. and other stories by Eley Williams
drowning in sobriety like I used to drown in booze; even sublime prose can’t hoist me happy
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
an accurate depiction of the lust and boredom that threatens to overwhelm all of us who aren’t pious, delusional, fuckheads
Radar Road: The Best of On Impulse by Nath Jones
A short story collection, and my first experience of an eBook.
Vampire in Love by Enrique Vila-Matas
Experimental late 20th century short fiction.
The Short Anthology: The Second Issue (edited by Will Martin & Kat Phan)
A collection of short fiction inspired by photography.
Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine
What next? I thought I’d go with something a little different, a little rounder, wider, more fictional and less harrowing.Continue Reading
The Neva Star: A Story by C.D. Rose
One of the good things about a sober evening is the mental energy to read. This is the only way IContinue Reading
The Life of a Stupid Man by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
I read another one of those cute Penguin Little Black Classics, this one a collection of three short stories byContinue Reading
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
I am now in the second half of my seventeen day run working the equivalent of every day (that’s workingContinue Reading
Simulating Cunnilingus On A Fried Egg Sandwich
The fridge didn’t have the food in to facilitate a fry up: no bacon, no sausage, no mushroom, no tomato.Continue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 