Story Title: 'Young Blood' by Jordan Taylor. Collection/Anthology?: Available as a stand-alone story. Details from the author's website. Briefly: It's the eve before a historic battle, and a young soldier writes a letter in the fading light of a … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review – Young Blood by Jordan Taylor
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Short Story Review: The Klinefelter’s Adventures: Chromosome of Havoc by Rachael Withers
Story Title: 'The Klinefelter's Adventures: Chromosome of Havoc' by Rachael Withers. Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Briefly: A day in the life and loves of a college student, who suffers from … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: National Gallery by Peter Winder
Story Title: 'National Gallery' by Peter Winder. Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Briefly: The narrator is a regimented sort of chap. He eats his sandwiches in the restroom at work at … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: Baking Blind by Melanie Whipman
Story Title: 'Baking Blind' by Melanie Whipman. Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Briefly: Naive and somewhat blinded by a romantic notion of Britain (a love fostered by her father, an … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: Brown Bag by Safia Shah
Story Title: 'Brown Bag' by Safia Shah. Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Briefly: With her Mum dead and her ashes lying in an urn, Jennifer reflects on her mother's passing and on incidental … [Read more...]
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Afterthoughts: Dark Lies the Island by Kevin Barry
In a Nutshell: Dark Lies the Island is easily as good as Barry's debut collection There Are Little Kingdoms, and in some respects - mainly in terms of maturity - it's even better. I may have been worried going into this one thinking that I may have … [Read more...]
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Short story review: Berlin Arkonaplatz – My Lesbian Summer by Kevin Barry
Story Title: Berlin Arkonaplatz – My Lesbian Summer by Kevin Barry Collection/Anthology?: Dark Lies the Island (Jonathan Cape) Briefly: Young Irish writer Patrick arrives in Berlin one summer, and shares an apartment with a lesbian Slavic … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: The Last Fare by Philip St John
Story Title: 'The Last Fare' by Philip St John. Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Briefly: Dudley knows, along with the rest of the taxi drivers, that travelling the road to Chapeltown at … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: Dark Lies the Island by Kevin Barry
Story Title: Dark Lies the Island by Kevin Barry Collection/Anthology?: Dark Lies the Island (Jonathan Cape) Briefly: As Sara stays alone at her father's summer house, she fights the demons inside. She's a self harmer, and despite having much to … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: Open Mike Night by Robert Perry
Story Title: 'Open Mike Night' by Robert Perry. Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Briefly: It's open mike night and Mike gets the opportunity to openly declare his love for the beautiful … [Read more...]
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