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An UnderratedRead Revisited – The Newlyweds’ Window: The 2022 Mukana Press Anthology of African Writing – Mukana Press (Compiler)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Mukana” is the Shona translation for “opportunity”, and the mission of Mukana Press is to provide the opportunity for writers in underrepresented areas to show their work to a world audience. So, what is the … Continue reading →
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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Women with Big Eyes – Angeles Mastretta, (Translated by Amy Schildhouse Greenberg)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “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 … Continue reading →
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The Newlyweds’ Window: The 2022 Mukana Press Anthology of African Writing – Mukana Press (Compiler)
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “Mukana” is the Shona translation for “opportunity”, and the mission of Mukana Press is to provide the opportunity for writers in underrepresented areas to show their work to a world audience. So, what is the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Africa, family, fiction, short stories
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Rainbow Rainbow – Lydia Conklin
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned I must admit that I am ignorant of many of the gender classifications, so I hoped that Rainbow, Rainbow would educate me. That said, I found these ten stories that center around queer, pansexuality and … Continue reading →
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Short stories
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Tagged book reviews. fiction, LGBTQ, short stories, transgender
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Blind Dates: Weird Stories – Harambee K. Grey-Sun
Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned Being close to Halloween, I was in search for a good horror read. So, when I started reading these stories, I was expecting them to center on blind dates gone tragically wrong. Or maybe the … Continue reading →
Posted in Dark/Sordid/Bizarre, Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Mythology, Short stories
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Tagged eclectic, horror, love, short stories, speculative fiction, supernatural
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An UnderratedRead Revisisted: The Cowboy Bible and Other Stories – Carlos Velázquez (Translated by Achy Obejas )
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The sacrilege I’d committed two hours earlier of breaking dozens of records proved irrelevant. The Cowboy Bible didn’t respond either. I tore at it, implored it, cursed it, and still failed.” These are the words of … Continue reading →
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Tagged humor, Mexican literature, short stories
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Eat the Mouth That Feeds You – Carribean Fragoza
(reviewed by JD Jung) “Since always, our paths had been broken. And yet we insisted on finding our way back to each other.” Yes, families can have a strange and complex dynamic. This is but one major theme in the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Chicanx literature, latinx, short stories
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Lost Horses – Mark Saha
(Reviewed by Don Jung) Mark Saha writes about his characters in a snappy fast-paced style about life and their horses. This is a collection of seven short stories that indirectly talks about how man has replaced the companionship of a … Continue reading →
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Tagged horses, short stories
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Nairobi Noir (Akashic Noir Series) – edited by Peter Kimani
(reviewed by JD Jung) > “In this concrete jungle, the hunters and herders live on. As do the hunted…” This summarizes the essence of Nairobi Noir, a collection of fourteen stories released early this year from the Akashic Noir Series. … Continue reading →
Posted in African Literature, Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Dark/Sordid/Bizarre, Noir-esque fiction, World Literature
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Tagged contemporary fiction, Kenya, Nairobi, noir, short stories
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Berkeley Noir (Akashic Noir Series) edited by Jerry Thompson and Owen Hill
(reviewed by JD Jung) “I arrived in Berkeley, back in 1991. A Berkeley that seemed to be still living off the fumes of the late sixties, which were fumes so strong you might just want to breathe them in all … Continue reading →
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