A great review I got on my short story Thunder and Lightning. Thank you for reaching out and reviewing.
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A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins (1852): A Review Get daily insights into literary history, find your next great read with our book reviews, and explore lists of award-winning books.

A Terribly Strange Bed by Wilkie Collins (1852): A Review

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Bad Weather by Anton Chekhov (1887): A Review Get daily insights into literary history, find your next great read with our book reviews, and explore lists of award-winning books.

Bad Weather by Anton Chekhov (1887): A Review

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A- #AudioBookReview: You Better Not Pout by Mia Sosa My Review: If the title of this one sounds familiar, there's an excellent reason. The title is a line from one of the truly classic Christmas songs that has been playing everywhere since, well, Halloween. Because “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” on Christmas Eve, which is TONIGHT. The song has been recorded by over 200 artists from Bing Crosby to Lady Gaga.

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A- #AudioBookReview: All Wrapped Up in You by Rosie Danan My Review: The thing about these holiday shorts series(es), both this year’s Home Sweet Holidays and last year’s Under the Mistletoe, is that the stories are supposed to be short in length - and they are - so they often take place over a rather short time period to make things work. But speaking of making things work, while ‘love at first sight’ is a fun idea, in real life and a romance where the happy ever after needs to feel earned, somehow a bit of time needs to be shoehorned into that short time period.

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A- #AudioBookReview: Merry and Bright by Ali Rosen My Review: Merry and Bright was every bit as delightful as last week’s Snow Place Like Home, and not just because of the cute title. I am seeing that one of the treats of this year’s collection is the way that the stories extend the time the featured couple knows each other in order to make the instant romance seem not quite so instant.

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A- #AudioBookReview: Snow Place Like Home by Laura Pavlov My Review: The blurb for this year’s series of Amazon’s holiday originals collection, Home Sweet Holidays, proclaims that what they have in store for readers - and listeners, is a “cookie-sweet collection of holiday romances.” This series opener, Snow Place Like Home, is plenty sweet - but it’s definitely the fruitcake of the collection. It’s a bit crazy, a bit spicy, and has more than a bit of whatever it will take to make the reader/listener a bit tipsy with delight.

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The Haunted House by Virginia Woolf (1921): A Review Get daily insights into literary history, find your next great read with our book reviews, and explore lists of award-winning books.

The Haunted House by Virginia Woolf (1921): A Review

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13 𝑫𝙖𝒚𝙨 𝙤𝒇 𝑯𝙖𝒍𝙡𝒐𝙬𝒆𝙚𝒏: "𝙏𝒉𝙚 𝙎𝒐𝙪𝒏𝙙 𝙤𝒇 𝑺𝙘𝒓𝙚𝒂𝙢𝒊𝙣𝒈 𝑪𝙝𝒊𝙡𝒅𝙧𝒆𝙣" 𝑺𝙝𝒐𝙧𝒕 𝑺𝙩𝒐𝙧𝒚 𝑹𝙚𝒗𝙞𝒆𝙬 𝙗𝒚 𝑹𝙖𝒄𝙝𝒂𝙚𝒍 𝑲. 𝙅𝒐𝙣𝒆𝙨

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
2023, USA

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13 𝘿𝒂𝙮𝒔 𝒐𝙛 𝙃𝒂𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒘𝙚𝒆𝙣: "𝑯𝙪𝒏𝙜𝒓𝙮 𝘿𝒂𝙪𝒈𝙝𝒕𝙚𝒓𝙨 𝙤𝒇 𝑺𝙩𝒂𝙧𝒗𝙞𝒏𝙜 𝙈𝒐𝙩𝒉𝙚𝒓𝙨" 𝑺𝙝𝒐𝙧𝒕 𝑺𝙩𝒐𝙧𝒚 𝑹𝙚𝒗𝙞𝒆𝙬 𝙗𝒚 𝑨𝙡𝒚𝙨𝒔𝙖 𝙒𝒐𝙣𝒈

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
2015, USA

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13 𝘿𝒂𝙮𝒔 𝒐𝙛 𝙃𝒂𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒘𝙚𝒆𝙣: "𝑵𝙞𝒎𝙞𝒕𝙨𝒆𝙖𝒉𝙥𝒂𝙝" 𝑺𝙝𝒐𝙧𝒕 𝑺𝙩𝒐𝙧𝒚 𝑹𝙚𝒗𝙞𝒆𝙬 𝙗𝒚 𝑵𝙖𝒏𝙘𝒚 𝑬𝙩𝒄𝙝𝒆𝙢𝒆𝙣𝒅𝙮 (𝑾𝙖𝒈𝙣𝒆𝙧)

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
2004, USA

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1𝟑 𝐃a𝐲s o𝐟 𝐇a𝐥l𝐨w𝐞e𝐧: "A𝐬h o𝐟 𝐌e𝐦o𝐫y, 𝐃u𝐬t o𝐟 𝐃e𝐬i𝐫e" 𝐒h𝐨r𝐭 𝐒t𝐨r𝐲 𝐑e𝐯i𝐞w b𝐲 𝐏o𝐩p𝐲 𝐙 𝐁r𝐢t𝐞 (W𝐢l𝐥i𝐚m J𝐨s𝐞p𝐡 𝐌a𝐫t𝐢n)

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1992, USA

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13 𝑫𝙖𝒚𝙨 𝙤𝒇 𝑯𝙖𝒍𝙡𝒐𝙬𝒆𝙚𝒏: "𝙋𝒊𝙣𝒆𝙬𝒐𝙤𝒅" 𝙎𝒉𝙤𝒓𝙩 𝙎𝒕𝙤𝒓𝙮 𝙍𝒆𝙫𝒊𝙚𝒘 𝒃𝙮 𝙏𝒂𝙣𝒊𝙩𝒉 𝑳𝙚𝒆

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1984, UK

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13 𝘿𝒂𝙮𝒔 𝒐𝙛 𝙃𝒂𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒘𝙚𝒆𝙣: "𝑺𝙩𝒊𝙘𝒌𝙨" 𝙎𝒉𝙤𝒓𝙩 𝙎𝒕𝙤𝒓𝙮 𝙍𝒆𝙫𝒊𝙚𝒘 𝒃𝙮 𝙆𝒂𝙧𝒍 𝑬𝙙𝒘𝙖𝒓𝙙 𝙒𝒂𝙜𝒏𝙚𝒓

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1974, USA

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13 𝑫𝙖𝒚𝙨 𝙤𝒇 𝑯𝙖𝒍𝙡𝒐𝙬𝒆𝙚𝒏: "𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝑷𝙡𝒐𝙩 𝙞𝒔 𝒕𝙝𝒆 𝑻𝙝𝒊𝙣𝒈" 𝙎𝒉𝙤𝒓𝙩 𝙎𝒕𝙤𝒓𝙮 𝙍𝒆𝙫𝒊𝙚𝒘 𝒃𝙮 𝙍𝒐𝙗𝒆𝙧𝒕 𝑩𝙡𝒐𝙘𝒉

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1966, US

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13 𝘿𝒂𝙮𝒔 𝒐𝙛 𝙃𝒂𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒘𝙚𝒆𝙣: "𝙏𝒉𝙚 𝙂𝒓𝙚𝒂𝙩 𝘼𝒖𝙩𝒐𝙢𝒂𝙩𝒊𝙘 𝙂𝒓𝙖𝒎𝙢𝒂𝙩𝒊𝙨𝒂𝙩𝒐𝙧" 𝙎𝒉𝙤𝒓𝙩 𝙎𝒕𝙤𝒓𝙮 𝙍𝒆𝙫𝒊𝙚𝒘 𝒃𝙮 𝙍𝒐𝙖𝒍𝙙 𝘿𝒂𝙝𝒍

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1953, UK

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13 𝑫𝙖𝒚𝙨 𝙤𝒇 𝑯𝙖𝒍𝙡𝒐𝙬𝒆𝙚𝒏: "𝙏𝒉𝙚 𝙀𝒎𝙞𝒔𝙨𝒂𝙧𝒚" 𝙎𝒉𝙤𝒓𝙩 𝙎𝒕𝙤𝒓𝙮 𝙍𝒆𝙫𝒊𝙚𝒘 𝒃𝙮 𝙍𝒂𝙮 𝘽𝒓𝙖𝒅𝙗𝒖𝙧𝒚

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1947, USA

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13 𝘿𝒂𝙮𝒔 𝒐𝙛 𝙃𝒂𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒘𝙚𝒆𝙣: "𝑯𝙤𝒖𝙣𝒅 𝒐𝙛 𝘿𝒆𝙖𝒕𝙝" 𝑺𝙝𝒐𝙧𝒕 𝑺𝙩𝒐𝙧𝒚 𝑹𝙚𝒗𝙞𝒆𝙬 𝙗𝒚 𝑨𝙜𝒂𝙩𝒉𝙖 𝘾𝒉𝙧𝒊𝙨𝒕𝙞𝒆

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1933, United Kingdom

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13 Days of Halloween: "Negotium Perambulans" Short Story Review by E. F. Benson

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1923, United Kingdom

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13 Days of Halloween: "Sredni Vashtar" Short Story Review by H.H. Munro (Saki)

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1911, United Kingdom

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13 𝘿𝒂𝙮𝒔 𝒐𝙛 𝙃𝒂𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒘𝙚𝒆𝙣: "𝑪𝙤𝒖𝙣𝒕 𝑴𝙖𝒈𝙣𝒖𝙨" 𝑺𝙝𝒐𝙧𝒕 𝑺𝙩𝒐𝙧𝒚 𝑹𝙚𝒗𝙞𝒆𝙬 𝙗𝒚 𝑴. 𝙍. 𝑱𝙖𝒎𝙚𝒔 -

2025 Theme: Decades of Horror
1904, United Kingdom

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13 𝘿𝒂𝙮𝒔 𝒐𝙛 𝙃𝒂𝙡𝒍𝙤𝒘𝙚𝒆𝙣: "𝑻𝙝𝒆 𝑺𝙦𝒖𝙖𝒘" 𝙎𝒉𝙤𝒓𝙩 𝙎𝒕𝙤𝒓𝙮 𝙍𝒆𝙫𝒊𝙚𝒘 𝒃𝙮 𝘽𝒓𝙖𝒎 𝑺𝙩𝒐𝙠𝒆𝙧 -

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1893, Ireland

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Grade A #AudioBookReview: Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole by Isabel J Kim My Review: Once upon a time - back in 1973 - Ursula K. Le Guin published a short story that exists on an uncomfortable border between science fiction and philosophy titled “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” It’s one of those stories that rips you to pieces on first reading and keeps swirling around in your head well after you’ve read it.

Grade A #AudioBookReview: Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole by Isabel J Kim @isabel.kim‬ ‪@clarkesworldmagazine.com‬ #sciencefiction #dystopian #shortstories #shortstoryreview #podcastreview #HugoNomineeReview #bookreview

A- #AudioBookReview: We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read by Caroline M Yoachim My Review: The first three short stories in my Hugo nominee readings were not ‘all that’ as the saying goes. Either they didn’t have enough room to work, they didn’t work for me, or they just plain didn’t work. I’m not alone in that opinion, as the contributors to the Hugo Readalong on reddit had similar thoughts. I want to say that this is a case of ‘great minds think alike’, but even if it’s just that we all went down the same rabbit hole, it is what it is.

A- #AudioBookReview: We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read by Caroline M Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social‬ @lightspeedmagazine.com‬ #sciencefiction #shortstories #shortstoryreview #podcastreview #HugoNomineeReview #bookreview

#AudioBookReview: Five Views of the Planet Tartarus by Rachael K Jones My Review: I listened to the final three Hugo Short Story nominees in a single evening. In the practical sense, that wasn’t hard as they are all, indeed, short. So now that I have finished the lot, I can say unequivocally, IMHO, that there’s definitely a divide in the set. The first three I read/listened to weren’t terrible, but they either weren’t special or didn’t grab me or were so experimental they didn’t land or didn’t have enough room to work or all of the above.

#AudioBookReview: Five Views of the Planet Tartarus by Rachael K Jones ‪@rachaelkjones.bsky.social‬ ‪@lightspeedmagazine.com‬ #sciencefiction #shortstories #shortstoryreview #podcastreview #HugoNomineeReview #bookreview

#BookReview: Three Faces of a Beheading by Arkady Martine My Review: The actual Hugo ballots have to be turned in by midnight PDT on July 23, making this an absolutely fitting thing to post today. At this point I have read all the stories so that I could vote responsibly, but I’ll continue to post reviews until just before Worldcon opens, as no one will know what the results will be until then.

#BookReview: Three Faces of a Beheading by Arkady Martine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social #sciencefiction #shortstories #shortstoryreview #HugoNomineeReview

#BookReview: Stitched to Skin Like Family Is by Nghi Vo My Review: The fun - if sometimes frustrating - thing about reading the Hugo nominated novelettes and short stories is that I generally go into the reading without much in the way of preconceived notions about the story itself. That doesn’t mean I’m not already acquainted with the author, but that I haven’t seen anything in the way of reviews or summaries - at least not until the…

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#AudioBookReview: Marginalia by Mary Robinette Kowal My Review: This entry in my Hugo Award nominee readings moves the dial from the novelettes to the short stories. I picked this one to go first in that category because the author is one that I’ve certainly enjoyed in longer forms, notably her Lady Astronaut series and The Spare Man. Having finished this story, I have a feeling that it made the Hugo Ballot because I’m not alone in that name recognition and affection for her longer works.

#AudioBookReview: Marginalia by Mary Robinette Kowal ‪@maryrobinettekowal.com‬ @uncannymagazine.bsky.social #fantasy #shortstories #shortstoryreview #podcastreview #HugoNomineeReview #bookreview

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe (1845): A Review

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe (1845): A Review

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