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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




Recent Short Story Collections (page 2)


Cover art for THE BOOK OF MISCHIEF
FICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012

"Stern weaves an intricate and clever web of stories steeped in both sacred and mundane Jewish culture."
"Mischief" is indeed the operative term here, for Stern's characters are subtle, slyly humorous and at times poignant. Read full book review >
Cover art for BLACK DAHLIA & WHITE ROSE
FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2012

"Although her material can be macabre, mawkish and deeply unsettling, Oates' hypnotic prose ensures that readers will be unable to look away."
Another gallery of grotesquerie from the staggeringly prolific Oates. Read full book review >
Cover art for WE'RE FLYING
FICTION
Released: Aug. 14, 2012
by Peter Stamm, translated by Michael Hofmann

"For those who have an affinity for metaphysical fiction written with a surgeon's precision, this collection will spur readers to seek out everything else by its author."
Beneath the surface placidity of Swiss life, undercurrents of spiritual turmoil and existential despair charge this powerful collection of provocative stories. Read full book review >
Cover art for CRACKPOT PALACE
FICTION
Released: Aug. 14, 2012

"Ford finds his way into scenarios infernal, haunted or merely strange, and keeps his wits about him on the journey."
The fourth collection of stories from Ford includes examples of fantasy, science fiction, neo-steampunk, noir and a few genre-busting curiosities. Read full book review >
Cover art for DIVING BELLES
FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012

"Occasionally just fey, elsewhere convincingly unworldly, these stories express a distinctive voice and a gently beguiling imagination."
A dozen strange and original stories inject the magical, sinister and downright peculiar into the everyday. Read full book review >
Cover art for BATTLEBORN
FICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2012

"Gloriously vivid stories about the human heart."
Ten stories, carefully and lovingly constructed, about Western characters as prickly as barbed wire. Read full book review >