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Monday, 31 March 2025

Prince Myshkin and Hold the Relish by Harlan Ellison

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Prince Myshkin. Not gonna lie, the quirky title pulled me in immediately. What does the protagonist from Dostoevsky’s The Idiot have to do ...

The Garden of Time by J.G. Ballard

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"You cannot conquer time." After many years of searching, I’ve finally found a J.G. Ballard story that deserves the highest praise...

The Romance of a Busy Broker by O.Henry

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Too busy for love until he checked his emotioanl portfolio. Here’s another cookie-cutter O. Henry tale, predictable in structure but still e...
Sunday, 30 March 2025

Referential by Lorrie Moore

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Daniel Boone. There's a great moment in this story where the narrator wryly drops a profound aphorism: "How could people be mentall...

The First Annual All-Indian Horseshoe Pitch and Barbecue by Sherman Alexie

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"Somebody forgot the charcoal; blame the BIA." If it has not become obvious already, Sherman Alexie is quite fond of using long ti...

The Grasshopper and The Bell Cricket by Yasunari Kawabata

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You have much to learn, young grasshopper. It's always exciting to discover new authors, especially those from outside of North America....

New York Mining Disaster by Haruki Murakami

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More than a Woman. Haruki Murakami is fond of incorporating Western pop-culture references in his work, especially music, and the title New ...

A Fairy in the Flat / A Pot of Tea by Agatha Christie

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T&T. I surprised myself this month and actually caught up with the all the previous short-story selections for FandaClassiclit's Aga...
Saturday, 29 March 2025

Slingshot by Souvankham Thammavongsa

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Golden Girls. When it comes to symbolism, I’m still scratching my head over why Souvankham Thammavongsa’s short story is called Slingshot. T...