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Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Death Constant Beyond Love by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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"The world's a stage." As far as political satires go, Death Constant Beyond Love by Gabriel García Márquez is a remarkable ...
The Paladin of the Lost Hour by Harlan Ellison
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"I love the smell of napalm in the morning." I really wanted to enjoy The Paladin of the Lost Hour by Harlan Ellison a lot more th...
Monday, 1 December 2025
Guests of the Nation by Frank O'Connor
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"Well chums, what about it?" I guess third time really is the charm. Guests of the Nation by Frank O’Connor completely surprised...
The Lady with the Little Dog by Anton Chekhov
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Meet me in Montauk...I mean, Yalta. I'm not a professional writer or a book critic by trade, just some random dude tucked away in a tiny...
Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff
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You're killin' me, Smalls! This is an easy five stars and about as close to short-story perfection as you can get. Now, you might ...
Idiots First by Bernard Malamud
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gut yontif. Well, that was depressing. With a title like Idiots First , you might think this short-story might be some kind of dark comedy ...
Sunday, 30 November 2025
The Jewbird by Bernard Malamud
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Anti-Semeets. Bernard Malamud does it again! He is quickly becoming one of my favorite short-story writers, and The Jewbird is another test...
Saturday, 29 November 2025
Schwarzschild Radius by Connie Willis
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That is one mighty stache. I’m a little confused about the decision to include Schwarzschild Radius by Connie Willis in The Big Book of Sci...
The First Seven Years by Bernard Malamud
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Shoes can be fixed. Hearts? Not so easily. After reading the wonderful The Magic Barre l, my ADHD/hyper-fixation naturally pushed me to dive...
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