Category Archives: Short Fiction Reviews

The category name says it all: reviews of short fiction I’ve read recently.

REVIEW: Ride the Moon ed. M.L.D. Curelas

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

Title: Ride the Moon Editor: M.L.D. Curelas Pub Date: February 29th, 2012 Chris’ Rating (5 possible): An Attempt at Categorization If You Like… / You Might Like… Black Swan, White Raven Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy The Way … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse by Otsuichi

Posted on August 24, 2011 by

Title: Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse Author: Otsuichi (translated by Nathan Collins) Pub Date: September 21, 2010 Chris’ Rating (5 possible): An Attempt at Categorization If You Like… / You Might Like… In A Glass Darkly Uncle Silas Rebecca Shirley … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Let’s Play White by Chesya Burke

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

Title: Let’s Play White Author: Chesya Burke Pub Date: April 26, 2011 Chris’ Rating (5 possible): An Attempt at Categorization If You Like… / You Might Like… Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories Dawn Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror The … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Supernatural Noir ed. Ellen Datlow

Posted on June 22, 2011 by

Title: Supernatural Noir Editor: Ellen Datlow Pub Date: June 22nd, 2011 Chris’ Rating (5 possible): An Attempt at Categorization If You Like… / You Might Like…   When Gravity Fails The Thin Man The Black Dahlia L.A. Confidential Strangers on … Continue reading →

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The Desperate Horror of Suburbia: Thoughts on Shirley Jackson

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

A couple of months ago, I wrote about different modes of horror, and while enjoying the Library of America collection Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories, it got me thinking about how Jackson employed (and mastered) the art of identification in … Continue reading →

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