Category Archives: Short stories
Short stories
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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I Came, I Saw, I Coffeed: Online Dating: Why Doesn’t He Call Me Back? What Goes Through a Man’s Mind on the First Meet? Impressions from a Man Who had Over 350 First Meetups – Bruce Miller
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Reminding me of our very own Sex & the City story, but with a twist, this time we go through a male’s perspective. In I Came, I Saw, I Coffeed, author Bruce Miller dates around in … Continue reading →
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Short stories
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Tagged book reviews, dating, love, men, online dating, Romance
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Round Seventeen & 1/2: The Names Have Been Changed to Protect the Inefficient – Rich Siegel
(Reviewed by Don Jung) We’ve evolved from the mad men of the 1960’s and 70’s to the internet and social media of the twenty-first century. However, one thing hasn’t changed. The advertising industry still tries to get you to buy products … Continue reading →
Posted in Humor & Satire, Non-fiction, Short stories
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Tagged Advertising, book reviews
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New Orleans Noir The Classics – edited by Julie Smith
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “A hurricane is supposed to have a beginning and an end. It tears the earth up, fills the air with fling trees and bricks and animals and sometimes even people, make you roll up into a … Continue reading →
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Noir-esque fiction, Short stories
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Tagged thrillers. New Orleans fiction
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Signor Dido: Stories – Alberto Savinio , Richard Pevear (Translator and Intro)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Signor Dido feels himself borne along by the present as by a river. He loves those who share the same river with him, his river companions: he loves them out of solidarity, even those he hates. … Continue reading →
Posted in Italian Literature, Lost and almost forgotten, Short stories, World Literature
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Tagged book reviews, Italian literature, overlooked classics, translated world literature
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Memphis Noir – Laureen Cantwell and Leonard Gill (Editors)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “He played his trumpet for her, blew it soft so it rolled around her curves, pushed all that suede the wrong way and then smoothed it over again. And she sang for him, hummed at first … Continue reading →
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Jazz & Blues, Noir-esque fiction, Short stories
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Women with Big Eyes – Angeles Mastretta, (Translated from the Spanish by Amy Schildhouse Greenberg)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “A shiver ran down Paulina Trasloheros’s back. This man was horrible, excessive, outrageous. To exorcise him, she would have to commit a string of sins for which she could never repent. Not even when he decided … Continue reading →
Posted in Latin American Literature, Short stories, World Literature
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Tagged book reviews, Mexican literature, world literature
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The Hunger of the Cheeky Sisters: Ten Tales – Laura Madeline Wiseman (Author), Lauren Rinaldi (Illustrator)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Is hunger who you’ll go to bed with tonight because there’ll be no dinner? Or is hunger not a person, not a sentient being who lives in the store with you, sleeps curled up by your … Continue reading →
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Short stories
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