Story Title: That Colour Collection/Anthology?: This Isn't The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You (Bloomsbury) Date Read: 2nd February 2012 Briefly: A couple (presumably married) share a tender moment when the woman declares her … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘That Colour’ by Jon McGregor
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Short Story Review: ‘Miracle Mile’ by Alexander MacLeod
Story Title: Miracle Mile Collection/Anthology?: Light Lifting (Jonathan Cape) Date Read: 2nd February 2012 Briefly: As professional distance runners Mikey and Jamie routinely prepare for an important race, one of them drops a bombshell on the … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: A Tress of Hair
Title: A Tress of Hair Date Read: 30 January 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: A lover of past times and antiques, discovers a hidden tress of hair in a piece of seventeenth-century furniture. He begins to become unhealthily obsessed with the … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: The Cripple
Title: The Cripple Date Read: 30 January 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: The narrator enters an empty train carriage and takes his seat, before he is joined by a man who has considerable difficulty in walking. As the train gets under way the … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘Dave Tough’s Luck’ by Matthew Licht
Story Title: 'Dave Tough's Luck' by Matthew Licht Collection/Anthology?: Various Authors Anthology 1 (The Fiction Desk) Date Read: 27th January 2011 Briefly: The narrator - a competent but not brilliant drumming instructor - is hired to give … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘The Kitchen at the Lion’ by Laura Windley
Story Title: 'The Kitchen at the Lion' by Laura Windley Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Date Read: 9th January 2012 Briefly: An apocalyptic event has occurred. The narrator and her friend … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘The Puzzle’ by Alex Cameron
Story Title: 'The Puzzle' by Alex Cameron Collection/Anthology?: Various Authors Anthology 1 (The Fiction Desk) Date Read: 14th December 2011 Briefly: Mute, and physically disabled except for limited use of one of his arms, aged former art dealer … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: The Father
Title: The Father Date Read: 09 January 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: Clerk, Francois Tessier falls in love with a woman (Lousie) on his daily commute. Despite the woman's shy and cautious nature the couple eventually take a day trip to … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: Useless Beauty
Title: Useless Beauty Date Read: 09 January 2012 Available Online?: YES Briefly: Livid at the treatment meted out by her oppressive and jealous husband, the stunningly attractive Comtesse de Mascaret confronts the Comte, telling him that she knows … [Read more...]
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Devouring De Maupassant: Moiron
Title: Moiron . Date Read: 12th December 2011 Available Online?: YES Briefly: Monsieur Maloureau recounts his time as a district attorney, and the case involving mild-mannered teacher, Monsieur Moiron. … [Read more...]
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