Story Title: Faithful Wife by Morley Callaghan Collection/Anthology?: Read from the New Yorker archive, issue dated December 28, 1929 (subscription required). Briefly: George is working his final week on the lunch counter at the station restaurant. … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘Faithful Wife’ by Morley Callaghan
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Short Story Review: ‘An Escapade’ by Morley Callaghan
Story Title: An Escapade by Morley Callaghan Collection/Anthology?: Read from the New Yorker archive, issue dated November 24 1928 (subscription required). Briefly: Leaving her comfort zone, Mrs. Rose Carey heads to the theatre one snowy Sunday … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: Miss Lora by Junot Díaz
Story Title: Miss Lora by Junot Díaz Collection/Anthology?: This is How You Lose Her (Faber and Faber) | The story can also be read on The New Yorker website. Briefly: Still in mourning for the death of his brother, sixteen-year-old Yunior … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: The Dig by Cynan Jones
Story Title: The Dig by Cynan Jones Collection/Anthology?: First published in Granta 119: Britain. The story can be read on Granta website (subscription required). Briefly: A son joins his father for his first ever badger dig. … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: Evie by Sarah Hall
Story Title: Evie by Sarah Hall Collection/Anthology?: *** Briefly: Out of the blue a wife displays a craving for chocolate and sweet things. Her yearnings quickly deepen, and she gets into something that can only be described as way more … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: The Gun by Mark Haddon
Story Title: The Gun by Mark Haddon Collection/Anthology?: First published in Granta 119: Britain. An audio extract of this story, read by its author, can found on the Granta website Briefly: A week until the summer holidays end and Daniel is … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: Call it “The Bug” Because I Have No Time to Think of a Better Title by Toby Litt
Story Title: Call it "The Bug" Because I Have No Time to Think of a Better Title by Toby Litt Collection/Anthology?: *** Briefly: A writer offers an insight into his writer's life, or rather he gives details of a story that he would have … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘The Beholder’ by Ali Smith
Story Title: The Beholder by Ali Smith Collection/Anthology?: *** Briefly: Weighed down by depression, a woman returns to her doctor with an alarming discovery. There's a patch of thorns developing on her chest and it's quickly growing into … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘Keeping Watch Over The Sheep’ by Jon McGregor
Story Title: Keeping Watch Over The Sheep Collection/Anthology?: This Isn't The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You (Bloomsbury) Date Read: Wednesday 13th February 2013 Briefly: A father is stopped at the school doors from going in to … [Read more...]
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Chekhov Shorts: On the Road
Title: On The Road Date Read: 12th February 2012 Briefly: Held overnight in an inn due to a raging snowstorm, Mademoiselle Ilovaisky meets Grigory Petrovitch Liharev, a man who is being crushed by a need to find fulfilment by applying blind belief … [Read more...]
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