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Short Story Challenge – Day 61-94
‘What we Talk About When We Talk About Love’ Vs ‘Beginners.’ Over the month or so from 15th April – 18th May, I have been reading Raymond Carver’s ‘What We Talk about When We Talk About Love,’ and the...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 95-111
Nik Perring – Not So Perfect ‘Not so Perfect’ is a collection of 22 short short fictions presented in a beautifully small square volume. While the package and the stories are small in size, the same...
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Short Story Challenge Day 112 – 125
Etgar Keret – Four Stories (6th June – 9th June) After reading Nik Perring’s excellent debut collection ‘Not So Perfect,’ I thought I would take a look at a writer Nik talks about a lot on his blog....
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Short Story Challenge Day 126 – 156
Etgar Keret – The Nimrod Flipout (20th June – 20th July) As I have mentioned before, the throughly nice, thoroughly talented flash fiction author Nik Perring is a massive fan of Etgar Keret and it is...
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Short Story Challenge Day 157-164
This week (21st July – 29th July) of the challenge I dipped into the following: The Love Theme Of Sybil & William by Chuck Palahniuk Great short from early in the career of the man himself,...
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Short Story Challenge Day 165-184
Day 165-181 (30th July-15th August) This section of the challenge was spent in the company of the lovely Aimee Bender and her collection ‘The Girl in the Flammable Skirt.’ Not sure what to say about...
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Short Story Challenge Day 185-203
The Exclamation Mark – Anton Chekhov (19th August-6th September) This collection is a recent translation of stories written by Chekhov in a six month period early in his career between the end of...
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Sunday minutes.
Item 1: My mate and tip-top comics artist Chris Askham has posted the following teaser for a new project he is working on. He has yet to reveal any details about this project, but I can tell you that...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 218-241
Between 21st September and 14th October I read the following as part of my Short Story Challenge: The Floating Order by Erin Pringle (Day 218-236) Erin Pringle’s debut is a dark and brooding...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 242-268
Between 15th October – 10th November I read the following: Day 242-263 Chinese Whisperings: The Yin and Yang Books – ed. Jodi Cleghorn & Paul Anderson As I have a story in this collection I won’t...
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Short Story Challenge Day 269-304
I may have been too busy to post about the Short Story Challenge in the last month or so, but rest assured I have been reading a story a day. Between Thursday 11th November and Thursday 16th December I...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 305-315
Day 305 to 312/17th December to 24th December - Tales for Christmas from the Guardian Short Story PodcastOf the twelve available I listened to the following: Philip Pullman reads ‘The Beauties’ by...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 316-332
Tuesday 28th December – Thursday 13th JanuaryAbout Love and other stories – Anton Chekhov I saw in the new year reading more Chekhov. ‘About Love and other stories’ is another selection and translation...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 333-365
Friday 14th Jan – Monday 14th Feb Lydia Davis – Break It Down I heard about Lydia Davis via coverage of the release of her Collected Stories her in the U.K. She is not a writer I had heard much about...
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Short Story Challenge – epilogue.
Over a year ago now I took up the gauntlet thrown by Jodi Cleghorn to read a short story a day for a whole year. I started on 14th February 2010 and am happy to say, as of the 14th February this year,...
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