Story Title: 'The Milk Jug' by Eluned Gramich. Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Briefly: Little Maksim is glued to the cartoons on his TV. Living all of his young life in Kiev he's never seen … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: The Milk Jug by Eluned Gramich
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Short Story Review: Marseille Tip by Niven Govinden
Story Title: 'Marseille Tip' by Niven Govinden. Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Briefly: Stepping off a ship in Marseille to await his connecting liner to India, Senneevasen strikes up a brief … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: Dressing for Chess by John Fairweather
Story Title: 'Dressing for Chess' by John Fairweather Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Briefly: Tony is woken at 4am by the telephone ringing, but he's not in the slightest bit concerned about … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: The Bovine Histories by Ian Burton
Story Title: 'The Bovine Histories' by Ian Burton Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Briefly: The time has come for Hathor to declare a new Keeper of the Histories, and it looks like Kow-one … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: Himitsu-Bako by Timothy Bunting
Story Title: 'Himitsu-Bako' by Timothy Bunting Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Briefly: Stephen meets Erika through an Internet dating agency. Their relationship seems to be going well, even … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘No one Has Any Intention of Building a Wall’ by Ruth Brandt
Story Title: 'No one Has Any Intention of Building a Wall' by Ruth Brandt Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Date Read: 15th March 2012 Briefly: It's the 12th August 1961 in Berlin, and … [Read more...]
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Short Story Review: ‘Reading Turkish Coffee’ by Laura Lewis
Story Title: 'Reading Turkish Coffee' by Laura Lewis Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Date Read: 15th March 2012 Briefly: Alma escaped from troubles in Syria long ago, when she was a childhood … [Read more...]
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Costa Book Awards get ‘shorted’. A cause for celebration?
So, the headline news at the Costa Book Awards ceremony in London last night may have been the (deserved) victory of Andrew Miller who took the title of Costa Book of the Year with his novel Pure (Sceptre), but the bigger news for me - and every … [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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‘My Girl’ by Emily Bullock
Story Title: 'My Girl' by Emily Bullock Collection/Anthology?: Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology 4 (Bristol Review of Books) Date Read: 8th September 2011 Briefly: Two determined boxers duke it out in the ring. The punches come hard and the … [Read more...]
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