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Thursday, 5 June 2025

Sing a Song of Sixpence by Agatha Christie

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The Queen was in the parlor, eating bread an honey. This month’s Agatha Christie short story pick, Sing a Song of Sixpence , turned out to b...
Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Ingots of Gold by Agatha Christie

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Shiver me timbers. I can hardly believe it’s already June. How is the year halfway over?! Time is zipping by way too fast for my liking. On ...
Sunday, 1 June 2025

A Harlem Tragedy by O. Henry

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What happens to a dream deferred?  A Harlem Tragedy by O. Henry has definitely not aged well and trying to take it seriously from a 21st-c...
Friday, 30 May 2025

Eisenheim the Illusionist by Steven Millhauser

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The Illusionist or the Prestige. Which do you prefer? For a story packed with exposition and styled like a historical narrative, Eisenheim t...

The New Music by Donald Barthelme

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Demeter and Persephone. Even though I can appreciate Donald Barthelme's bold experimentation in  The New Music, which consists entirely ...
Wednesday, 28 May 2025

The Captured Woman by Donald Barthelme

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I'm cookin' steaks fah dinnah. I expect you to stay. The Captured Woman is really weird, even by Donald Barthelme standards. Beneat...

The Affair of the Pink Pearl by Agatha Christie

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  Thorndyke or Holmes? If you've ever wondered what would happen if a charming married couple decided to open a detective agency armed o...
Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Eugénie Grandet by Donald Barthelme

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Butter butter butter butter butter butter butter butter Does anyone still read Balzac anymore? Perhaps he's gone out of fashion in the 2...
Monday, 12 May 2025

Jon by George Saunders

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I've tasted other cocoas. This is the best. Bizarre and disorienting in the best way, Jon by George Saunders isn’t your typical sci-fi ...