Category Archives: Short stories
Short stories
Songs to New York – Myrtle Brooks
(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) “Does she live in the subway?” “Non, non, mon fils. She rented an apartment across from the park because the Washington Square Arch reminds her of L’Arc de Triomphe.” … Continue reading →
Posted in Light Fiction, Our Best, Short stories, Skinny reads, Travel
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Tagged book reviews, fiction, New York City
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Verklempt – Peter Sichrovsky (Author), Ari Roth (Foreword), John Howard (Translator)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Thomas remained a man without a past, without memories, without old photographs and without stories from earlier years.” He is just one of the many Jews who chose to live in a land where their parents … Continue reading →
Posted in Our Best, Short stories, World Issues, World Literature, WWII
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Tagged Austria, Germany, Judaism, Poland, Prague
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Stone Baby: Stories – Michelle Sacks
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “… the rest of the continent kept pouring in, sure of nothing but the fact that this pitiful life, this half-life with no jobs, no home, no money, would still be better than before, better than … Continue reading →
Posted in African Literature, Immigration, Our Best, Short stories, World Literature
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Tagged drug addiction, immigrants, short stories, south Africa
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The Tower of the Antilles – Achy Obejas
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “We explained that where we come from the greatest achievement is to leave.” And leaving Cuba means reinventing oneself in a new country. The Tower of the Antilles is one of ten short stories centering on … Continue reading →
Posted in Latin American Literature, Short stories, Skinny reads, World Literature
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Tagged Cuba, immigration, Latin America, LGBT
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American Rococo: Essays On the Edge – Isham Cook
(Reviewed by JD Jung) Isham Cook advises teens to get rid of their smartphones. He equates Airbnb with an upgraded way of couch surfing. He’s obsessed with big breasts and younger Chinese women. By the way, he currently lives in … Continue reading →
Posted in Culture, Philosophical reads, Short stories
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Tagged Marquis de Sade, monogamy, philosophy, sex, Shakespeare
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what if i got down on my knees? – Tony Rauch
(Reviewed by JD Jung) a series of romantic misadventures … Continue reading →
Posted in Humor & Satire, Romance, Short stories
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Tagged absurd, men's fiction, Romance, short stories, surreal
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Caresaway – DJ Cockburn
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “If Caresaway had infected the executive boards of the world’s corporations with people incapable of remorse and obsessed with short-term gain…was it any wonder that so many corporations were so badly managed?” British scientist, Dr. Edward … Continue reading →
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Short stories
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Tagged anti-depressants, depression, Psychosis
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a jarful of moonlight-Nazanin Mirsadeghi
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) A jarful of moonlight is a collection of inspirational poems about love, hope, pain, grief, self-discovery and empowerment. The love poems are written with many exemplars and it is like a story. They are divided into … Continue reading →
Posted in Poetry, Short stories, World Literature
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Tagged book reviews, inspirational, poetry
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Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?: Stories – Kathleen Collins
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “His white face floats in a sea of black protest. It is a time that calls forth the most picturesque of metaphors, for we are swimming along in the underbelly of America..there where it is soft … Continue reading →
Posted in Lost and almost forgotten, Short stories
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Tagged book reviews, civil rights
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Los Angeles in the 1970s – David Kukoff (Editor),
(Reviewed by Don Jung) Back in the 1970s New Yorkers considered Los Angeles a “cow town” according to TV writer/novelist Bruce Ferber. As one of the twenty-nine commenting on how they describe the City of Angels, he explains how Los … Continue reading →
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, History, Non-fiction, Short stories
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Tagged book reviews, Los Angeles, punk rock, rock n roll
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