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Andy Walker (4885 KP) rated What Monsters Do in Books

Jun 20, 2023

A great collection of 7 stories

This is an excellent collection of short psychological horror stories written by Nicholas Vince, who is mostly known for playing The Chatterer cenobite in the original Hellraiser films.

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Milleen (47 KP) rated Paris for One and Other Stories in Books

Nov 14, 2018 (Updated Nov 14, 2018)

Top up on hapless heroines and romance in this year's collection of eleven beautifully crafted short stories. Jojo Moyes is a skilful spinner of characters and fantasy male/female relationships and this short collection is just as satisfying as her novels. The protagonists are warm and slightly quirky which makes them endearing and memorable. If you haven't read a book for a while, short stories are just what you need to warm up your reading habits this winter. Several stories in this collection will get you hooked on Moyes light hearted take on the world

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A stroke of the Pen: The Lost Stories

Terry Pratchett

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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A collection of short stories by Terry Pratchett, from before the Discworld series came to be.

Sarah (7799 KP) rated Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales in Books

Apr 2, 2020

Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales

Stephen King | 2002 | Fiction & Poetry, Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.3

(16 Ratings)

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Another great collection of stories

I feel like I need to include a preface with all of my Stephen King reviews, or some form of disclaimer, to warn any readers that he is my favourite author so my review may not be as neutral as it could be. Either that or he really is a great writer 😆

Everything’s Eventual is a collection of short stories that I read well over a decade ago, and as short stories require a lot less brain power than a full on novel, I decided to give this a go as I couldn’t recall many of the stories. And overall this is a very good collection of short stories. They’re all well written with developed characters (as you’d expect with King I’m sure), and the stories themselves have all got very good plots and storylines. The stories are all well balanced and there are none in here that are either overly long or too short, they’re very well paced. There are some great stories in here, most notably for me the John Dillinger story ‘The Death of Jack Hamilton’ and the Dark Tower prequel ‘The Little Sisters of Eluria’, but all of the stories are entertaining and very enjoyable. I wouldn’t say there are any amazing standout ‘wow’ stories in this, which is possibly why I’ve marked it down a little from some of King’s other collections of short stories.

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated November Storm in Books

Oct 7, 2020

These fascinating stories won the Iowa Short Fiction Award in 2016. Read my review of this collection that investigates the essence of human decency, here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/10/25/a-gathering-of-stories/

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Little Birds

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TV adaptation of Anais Nin's infamous collection of erotic short stories.

Rainn Wilson recommended Big Cats in Books (curated)

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Holiday Reinhorn | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry

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"This magnificently strange, moving and hysterical debut collection of short stories was, full disclosure, written by my WIFE! But I wouldn’t recommend so highly if I didn’t think it one of the very best short story collections."

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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Nov 25, 2017

For those more in the mood for fictitious escapes, an Icelandic mystery or a humorous collection of short stories might do the trick:

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New York Times Top Books This Week 21/11

Politics plays the leading role in this week’s list of recommendations, starting with Joe Biden’s memoir about his son Beau’s death from brain cancer in 2015: