As a reader the best part of an interlinked short story collection is the links. Whenever I stumble upon a connection in my reading I am delighted. There’s lots of clever linking in unexpected ways…
Posts tagged Short stories
Almost Famous Women: Stories
Almost Famous Women: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman is a really odd, interesting collection of short stories about women who had a small level of fame or who were very close to famous people. The…
‘Last Night’ Won’t Leave Your Nightstand
Generally, I like short stories. More than that, I like short stories that enter and exit character’s lives suddenly, and I could read and enjoy work that’s nothing but endless descriptions of people falling in,…
Plenty of bite, but Bark is still kind of a bore
A new short story collection by Lorrie Moore had me giddy with anticipation when it arrived on my doorstep lo those many months ago when the arctic February winds howled and most of Minnesota was…
One More Thing
I almost gave up on One More Thing, the new collection of short stories from “The Office” actor B.J. Novak. I’m glad I didn’t. It was evident early on that Novak has a cerebral, witty…
A Collection of Stickers
I recently confessed on Book Riot, that I might be the slightest bit irrational when it comes to the books of Elizabeth McCracken. I discovered Elizabeth McCracken in the mid-nineties about the same time I…
One More Ugh: Ughs & Other Ughs
I can’t remember the last time I read a book as sad and cynical as B.J. Novak’s collection of flash fiction One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories. I can’t tell if these stories are…
Saunders’ funtime collection
You know when you’re in high school and you have to write a paper on anything, anything you want, so you decide to write about something weighty and out of your element and it requires…
Revenge is Okay
During one of my many fiction-reading slumps last year Amy Rea suggested Yoko Ogawa’s short story collection, a collection that LeAnn also loved. Because I’ve made it a goal to read more outside my comfort…
The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories
I’ve been reading The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories for a couple months now. This isn’t because it’s bad; it’s because it’s so good. Each of these stories is award winning, so there really…
Vacation: All I ever wanted
Sarah Stonich got me good. I had no idea her book Vacationland was a collection of linked short stories rather than a conventional novel. So there I was, enjoying the plight of a visual artist living…
