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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Tag Archives: Best American Short Stories
Book Review: Best American Short Stories of the Century Edited by John Updike and Katrina Kenison
I picked this book up at a library sale. It was published in 1999 and represents the opinions of the two editors on which stories are the best from the yearly volumes of The Best American Short Stories from 1915 … Continue reading →
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Book Review: The Best American Short Stories 2016 Edited by Junot Diaz
In these days of economic austerity I often peruse the new book shelves of the local library rather than book stores for reading material. On one of those forays I came across this volume. It’s a hardcover; I didn’t know … Continue reading →
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Book Review: 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories Edited by Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor; Part Three
I continue to read this thick volume of short stories for entertainment and analysis. We’re coming to the best part. First, though, I have to share a couple of disappointments with you. There were some stories in this volume that … Continue reading →
Book Review: 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories Edited by Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor; Part Two
As I wrote in the first essay about this book, the early entries disappointed me. There are some great writers, but the selected stories are not among their best. They read like the stories that you have to read in … Continue reading →
Book Review: 100 Years of the Best American Short Stories Edited by Lorrie Moore and Heidi Pitlor; Part One
I feel disappointed, and the feeling is tenacious; it won’t go away; so rather than stew in my own juices and wait for it to pass, I have to write about it. Just to clarify, there are other disappointments and … Continue reading →
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Book Review: The Best American Short Stories 2015 Edited by T.C. Boyle and Heidi Pitlor; Part Two: Imbalance in Story Anthologies
Today is Sunday, and I do laundry for my son and myself on Sundays. I make sure that I am in the laundry room with our two loads at eight o’clock in the morning, which is the earliest permissible time … Continue reading →
Book Review: The Best American Short Stories 2010 edited by Richard Russo
I’m going to let you in on a little secret of how I choose what I am going to read. I knew I wanted to read a recent volume of “The Best American Short Stories”, just to get an idea … Continue reading →
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Book Review: The Best American Short Stories 2007, edited by Stephen King
My motivation for reading this book was the same one I had for reading the recent collection of best science fiction stories edited by Gardner Dozois: I write and submit to the magazines, so I wanted to be familiar with … Continue reading →
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