It’s a little black-hearted, but I suspect that we read stories about hard luck and […]
Love Medicine, by Louise Erdrich
Trigger warning for rape and suicide. I am continuing my out-of-order dive into Louise Erdrich’s collections of interlinked […]
That Time I Loved You, by Carrianne Leung
Trigger warning for suicide. Years ago, I read Sherwood Anderson’s collection of stories, Winesburg, Ohio. The collection moves from […]
Mothers, by Chris Power
The short stories in Chris Power’s collection, Mothers, range across the world, from Sweden to Mexico. […]
The Dark Blue Overcoat and Other Stories from the North, edited by Sjón
The stories in The Dark Blue Overcoat are written by authors from every Scandinavian country, including […]
Judge Walden: Back in Session, by Peter Murphy
To paraphrase Oliver Wilde, the law is rarely pure and never simple. This is certainly […]
The First Prehistoric Serial Killer and Other Stories, by Teresa Solana
Teresa Solana’s collection, The First Prehistoric Serial Killer and Other Stories, is one that rewards readers who […]
Sentimental Tales, by Mikhail Zoshchenko
I am a staunch advocate of New Historicism. This school of thought argues that, in […]
The Merry Spinster, by Daniel Mallory Ortberg
I’ve been chasing the high of reading Angela Carter’s collection, The Bloody Chamber, ever since I […]
Half Gods, by Akil Kumarasamy
Akil Kumarasamy’s story collection, Half Gods, is, I think, a collection that requires a bit of […]