I have learnt to take a chance on short stories that do not fit my usual mould. I love being surprised the way I was with this one. The Light Long Lost at Sea by An Owomoyela This was not a very exciting way to begin but was very immersive. We have one character meeting up with… Continue reading Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms edited by John Joseph Adams
Category: Short Stories
Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
I have read a lot of books released by the British Library Crime Classics. To the point that when I went to secondhand bookstores last month, I first picked all of them I found and only then weeded some out! Not all are of the same interest levels, but here I think the book gets… Continue reading Guilty Creatures: A Menagerie of Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
Hangdog Souls by Marc Joan
Book is available to request on NetGalley until the end of this month I wanted to read this book because of the setting. I am usually not a horror-themed reader, but given that the stories were placed in Southern India (where I come from, not the exact state- but close enough), my curiosity was aroused.… Continue reading Hangdog Souls by Marc Joan
Single Taken Cursed by Nicki Bell
I expected something different when I picked this book. I thought it would be a collection of stories of people that the author goes out to meet and then encounters strange situations. They were not all that way. A couple were just ones that happened to the author during the course of her numerous and… Continue reading Single Taken Cursed by Nicki Bell
Twice upon a Time by LM Montgomery
My greatest bias as I approached this book was that Anne and her life were the first time I felt a thrill as I read. As a child who had been feeding on Famous Five and the like prior to finding these books, it was fun but not as emotionally rewarding as some of Anne's… Continue reading Twice upon a Time by LM Montgomery
Eight – Fantastical Tales from Here, There & Everywhere by Poornima Manco
The book is by an author I had not read before, but the cover and the intriguing prospect of different stories from across the world was a big draw. It took me some time to work my way through the books for one main reason, even though the length of the stories is short, it… Continue reading Eight – Fantastical Tales from Here, There & Everywhere by Poornima Manco
Lake Like a Mirror by Sok Fong Ho
In my attempt to read translated works as well as short stories, I chose this. It is written by a Malaysian Chinese author and shows a window into cultures that I had very little understanding of earlier.As with most short story collections (even by the same author), the standard of stories usually varies wildly. This… Continue reading Lake Like a Mirror by Sok Fong Ho
Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath
Edited by : by Quan Manh Ha Translatedby Joseph Babcock When I started reading this, I wanted to make a good effort in the writing of the review because of the gravity of the content. I also found out a lot about America's war in Vietnam, most of which were news to me. There is so… Continue reading Other Moons: Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath