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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Afterthoughts: Various Authors
In a Nutshell: I find it difficult to comprehend that this is a debut anthology from a new publisher; a publisher who not so long ago was nothing more than a 'simple' book blogger. Rod Redman has put together a short story anthology here that's … [Read more...]
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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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Judges announce 2012 Caine Prize shortlist
Announced yesterday by Vice President of the Prize, Ben Okri OBE, was the shortlist for this year's Caine Prize. Awarded to a short story written by an African and published in English, this year's shortlist of five was drawn from a selection of 122 … [Read more...]
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Read Alex Burrett’s new short story collection ‘A Damaged Boy’ for FREE (for a week, anyway)
It gives me great pleasure and much excitement to announce to you that Alex Burrett has (finally) published a new short story collection, called A Damaged Boy. And thanks to the generosity of the author you can download a FREE copy of the book over … [Read more...]
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Have no fear, the FREAKS are here (with a free story for you, too)
So, what do you get when you cross two hyperactive fiction writers with one dynamic comic book artist who's also a writer? An ingenious new short story collection called FREAKS (The Friday Project), that's what. Caroline Smailes (author of Like … [Read more...]
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Short story review: ‘The Curse’ by A Yi
Story Title: 'The Curse' by A Yi; translated by Julia Lovell Source: Guardian Books (available online as part of the Guardian's 'China stories' series) Date Read: 12th April 2012 Briefly: It begins with an argument between two neighbours over a … [Read more...]
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