Not So Stories by Adiwijaya Iskandar; Joseph Elliott-Coleman; Raymond Gates; Zina Hutton; Georgina Kamsika; Cassandra Khaw; Paul Krueger; Stewart Hotston; Tauriq Moosa; Jeannette Ng; Ali Nouraei; Zedeck Siew; Wayne Santos; Achala Upendran

I do not remember reading the Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, but I must have done because I felt a hint of recognition at the tone of some of the stories. I liked the content of the foreword, but I think that also set my bar incredibly high about what I was to encounter…

Take Us to a Better Place: Stories by Madeline Ashby, Hannah Lillith Assadi, Calvin Baker, Frank Bill, Yoon Ha Lee, Karen Lord, Mike McClelland, Achy Obejas, David A. Robertson, Martha Wells

This book is available for request till the 31st of May 2020 Usually, I am unable to give a breakup of individual reviews when I read books like this. Given that there are only ten stories and they vary very widely in the tone as well as the content I decided to try this one…

A Curious Place by Barbara Woodward

This is another experimental book that I had on my list for far too long and I should have gotten to sooner, especially since it was a morsel of a book for an adult. This is a fun set of fiction for children with the predominant focus being on kindness to animals and other people.…

Five Minutes at Hotel Stormcove – An Anthology

The book is still up for requesting as of 5/5/2019 I usually do not read many short story collections of any sort, mostly because I am more accustomed to longer sagas spanning a longer period of time. It gives me time to sink in and familiarize myself with the people. That said, I think that…

Threads of Awen: An Inspired Anthology by Awen Thornber

I am not sure why I picked this book up when I saw it available on NetGalley. It looked intriguing and I am really glad I did! I am even gladder I got a chance to read this ARC. Long, long ago when I imagined I would write someday (this blog notwithstanding). I tried to…

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by P.G. Wodehouse

I am very tempted to release my monthly list because of the lack of posts in my blog. Then again, I have not shown this much restraint in a while and I could probably use the feeling. I am not sure how much of it is common knowledge, but within the kindle unlimited membership, and…

Snowdrift and Other Stories by Georgette Heyer

I am a very big fan of Georgette Heyer's sense of humour and style of writing. Keeping this in mind , the following review is relatively biased. This book is a collection of some of earlier unpublished and other short stories compiled together.I gained access to it via NetGalley. Considering these were penned in the…

Collected Hong Kong Stories by David T K Wong

When short stories are dissected in classrooms, there is a certain responsibility they ( the stories) carry, one of having finesse and to pack a punch into a far smaller canvas than average. Whole people have to be formed and their lives painted within those few pages. I essentially borrowed this book from the library…