Category: SHORT STORIES
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90th read: The Black Pages (Black Stars #2)
TITLE: The Black Pages AUTHOR: Nnedi Okorafor Released: 2021 Format: Kindle Pages: 31 Genres: Short Story, Science Fiction, Magical Realism SYNOPSIS By fate and fire, a being four millennia old is reborn in Mali in a short story of contemporary African life and ancient secrets by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Binti…
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81th read: Graceful Burdens (Out of Line #2)
TITLE: Graceful Burdens AUTHOR: Roxane Gay Released: 2020 Format: Kindle Pages: 24 Genres: Short Story, Science Fiction, Dystopia SYNOPSIS A trip to the library prompts one woman to question her fate in this galvanizing short story. For a woman like Hadley, deemed not acceptable to procreate, there’s only one recourse. Unlicensed for motherhood, she can…
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77th read: The Visit (Black Stars #1)
Another new gem. I’ve been so lucky with books lately. TITLE: The Visit AUTHOR: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Released: 2021 Format: Kindle Pages: 20 Genres: Short Story, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Feminism SYNOPSIS As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men—old friends—confront the past and future in a bracing speculative short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,…
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76th read: The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow #3)
Into Shadow is a collection of unrelated stories by different authors, so it can be read in any order. I began reading this collection for the story written by Lev Grossman (Into Shadow #2) but that one unfortunately landed on my flops for April. I’m really glad I kept going after that, because I wouldn’t…
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69th read: My Evil Mother
Atwood is hit or miss with me, but this one was a hit. TITLE: My Evil Mother AUTHOR: Margaret Atwood Released: 2022 Format: Kindle Pages: 32 Genres: Short Story, Fantasy, Contemporary, Family SYNOPSIS Life is hard enough for a teenage girl in 1950s suburbia without having a mother who may—or may not—be a witch. A…
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63th read: The Garden (Into Shadow Collection #1)
I picked up this collection since Lev Grossman (one of my favourites authors as a teenager) wrote one of the short stories in it, but I’m happy to discover some great new authors in the process. Each story is unrelated to the previous one, so you can start anywhere. TITLE: The Garden AUTHOR: Tomi Champion-Adeyemi…
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44th read: Evidence of the Affair
I need to find more epistolary books out there. I’m craving them. TITLE: Evidence of the Affair AUTHOR: Taylor Jenkins Reid Released: 2018 Format: Kindle Pages: 88 Genres: Short Story, Romance, Fiction SYNOPSIS Dear stranger…A desperate young woman in Southern California sits down to write a letter to a man she’s never met—a choice that…
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32th read: The Muse
I had to request to add this one to the goodreads database! It wasn’t on there, when I first searched for it. TITLE: The Muse AUTHOR: Jeffery Deaver Released: 2023 Format: Audiobook Pages: 2 hours 20 minutes Genres: Short Story, Horror, Fantasy SYNOPSIS The inspiration for evil may hold the key to murder in this…
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26th read: 38 kilomètres
Well, that was adorable (in the best way possible)! J’ai lu plusieurs récits de Patrick Senécal (Le Passager, Les septs jours du talion, 5150: Rue des Ormes, Hell.com, Aliss, Par effraction), mais ils étaient tous dans le genre horreur. Je n’avais jamais constaté qu’il avait écrit cette courte histoire autobiographique. (I’ve read many books from…
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25th read: Par effraction
Premier livre en français de 2023! J’adorais Patrick Senécal en adolescence (j’ai quelques copies signées!), mais il y a bien longtemps que je n’avais pas lu (ou relu) ses livres. Je n’étais pas sure à quoi m’attendre avec cette nouvelle. J’ai commencé à lire et l’angoise est apparue: est-il aussi bon auteur que dans mon…
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