Eavesdrop: Scary Chat Stories
Book and Entertainment
App
Short on time? Love reading short stories? How about funny stories, or even horror stories? If you...
Half a Creature from the Sea: A Life in Stories
6.0
Rate It
Book
An anthology of dark, powerful and moving short stories from a master storyteller and Hans Christian...
200+ Islamic Stories (Pro)
Book and Education
App
* This is the Pro Version - In Islam, it’s a major sin to make purchases via Credit Card. You can...
Dana (24 KP) rated Close Range in Books
Mar 23, 2018
While I didn't enjoy reading all of the stories, there were a few that were very interesting. As I said, the craft in all of the stories was very cool to be able to pick apart. I liked looking at the moods of each story as I read it. Each one had its own set tone that you should look out for when you read them. Even the smallest parts, like drawing out the settings, were all beautifully rendered.
I had never read "Brokeback Mountain" before and I hadn't seen the movie either, but I enjoyed the story when I read it. Even though she paints the two guys as very similar in the beginning of the story, the both end up having such different personalities at the end.
There was also a very short, two page story that was so beautifully vague. It was called "55 Miles to the Gas Pump." I loved how much characterization and care went into this very short story.
All in all, this was a cool collection of her short stories. I will most likely be picking up some of her other stories and giving them a read if not only to learn more from her craft.
The Complete Stories
Book
A Russian author, playwright, and physician, Anton Chekhov is widely considered one of the best...
I loved these stories. I’m a huge fan of fairytales, myths and legends - they’re most definitely not just stories for children, as these dark and often disturbing stories prove. In fact, these short tales are just like the original fairy tales, in that people are tricked, driven to madness and die (but not ALL the time!).
The seemingly separate stories gives the reader more insight to the world of the Silken Folk, and the overarching story of the Lacewing King was just perfection. The beautiful artwork by Charles Vess really does make this a very special book, and I’m going to be sad to see it go back to the library!
I’d highly recommend this wonderful book.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2269 KP) rated Kinsey and Me: Stories in Books
Jul 9, 2023
The back section featuring thirteen vignettes as author Sue Grafton reflects on her life growing up with a functioning alcoholic father and a destructive alcoholic mother. While she admits they are autobiographical, she frames them around a character named Kit.
Fans of Kinsey will delight in these nine stories, all previous published, but decades ago so hard to track down outside this collection now. Personally, I found the back section depressing, but I suspect these stories were theopoetic for Ms. Grafton to write, and I can see others benefiting from them, too.
Overall, fans of the series will enjoy the collection. If you are new to the series, you can jump in here, too, and meet Kinsey without ruining any of fun of the novels.
starwarsluvr (236 KP) rated The War Veteran in Books
Jan 30, 2018
Hark! the Herald Angels Scream: An Anthology
7.0
Rate It
Book
Eighteen stories of Christmas horror from bestselling, acclaimed authors including Scott Smith,...
Horror Short Stories Holiday Christmas Anthologies