Tag Archives: short stories
Poirot’s Early Cases by Agatha Christie
Read July 2020 Recommended for fans of Poirot and short stories ★ ★ ★ I was looking for a Poirot short story for my kindle when I ran into this compilation for a bargain ninety-nine cents. Worth … Continue reading →
Short Story Round-up: Nebulas 2019
Best Short Story • Give the Family My Love by A.T. Greenblatt (Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 149, February 2019) I enjoyed it, despite a recently noted dislike of epistolary storytelling. A pessimistic anthropologist astronaut is the last chance for humanity … Continue reading →
Round-up: P. Djeli Clark
One of my favorite new writers is P. Djèlí Clark. I first discovered him from longer length short-stories, and then his novellas. As I enthusiastically reviewed his work, it led to interesting discussions on the ability of male authors to … Continue reading →
Jackalope Wives and Other Stories by T. Kingfisher
I was motivated to buy this collection to both support Vernon/Kingfisher and because I adore the story “The Tomato Thief” (winner of the 2017 Hugo for novellette). I was motivated to review what I’ve read because of the total lack … Continue reading →
Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie
Read January 2020 Recommended for Christie fans ★ ★ 1/2 A collection that shows its age, culturally speaking. Dead Man’s Mirror 3 stars “The flat was a modern one. The furnishings of the room were modern, too. The … Continue reading →
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 70
Read November 2019 Recommended for fantasy/sci-fi fans ★ ★ ★ Here’s what happened: “Welcome to the Medical Clinic…” is awesome enough that I thought I should stop reading it for free and decided to buy it’s … Continue reading →
Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories by Naomi Kritzer
Read February and March 2019 ★ ★ ★ ★ ‘Cat Pictures Please,’ the titular story, won a Hugo and Locus, and was nominated for a Nebula, which rather implies Kritzer’s short stories are something to look … Continue reading →
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley
Read July 2018 Recommended for people who want a slice of a different life ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 The only mystery here is why I thought I going to read a whodunnit after having the … Continue reading →
Apocalypse Nyx by Kameron Hurley
Read April 2018 Recommended for fans of Bel Dame, unusual fantasy ★ ★ ★ ★ Apocalypse Nyx is a group of five shorter works about Nyx and her team of misfits from Hurley’s Bel Dame series that begins with God’s … Continue reading →
Book Burners by Gladstone, Dunlap, Lafferty, and Slattery
Read September 2017 Recommended for fans of serials. Not the edible kind. ★ ★ Book Burners is an urban fantasy series about a five-person team that works to recover dangerous magical artifacts and lock them away beneath the Vatican. The … Continue reading →
