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Ottessa Moshfegh recommended Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours in Books (curated)

 
Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours
Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours
Luke Goebel | 2020
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"I'm engaged to this brilliant author, so this would be the book I'd probably strap across my heart. It might keep my heart intact somehow, although, ironically, it's a heartbreaking bakers dozen of linked short stories about a young seeker on the sprawl, reeling from a recent break up and the loss of his brother."

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Ruth Frampton (577 KP) rated Stories That Are Short Vol I: A Collection of 5-Minute Short Stories to Read Before Turning on the TV in Books

Apr 10, 2018  
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Stories That Are Short Vol I: A Collection of 5-Minute Short Stories to Read Before Turning on the TV
Ibrahim Ashmawey | 2017
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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I adore short stories, their format allows me to drop into a different world quickly, and in today busy world, for me to consume a world other than my own and experience life from a different point of view. The first story in the collection of "5 Minute" reads encourages the reader to do precisely this, to put yourself in the place of a mouse and have your curiosity peeked by that small hole in the roof of your box, a story told by Dr, Casswell but viewed from an everyday person's viewpoint these three characters are only ever leading in one direction. And once you've read it, you also will be, and that journey is further on in this imagination filling thought-provoking short stories.
  
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Ross (3284 KP) rated Daft Wee Stories in Books

Apr 16, 2018  
Daft Wee Stories
Daft Wee Stories
Limmy | 2017 | Humor & Comedy
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
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Daft wee stories
I think there's something wrong with Limmy. Such a troubled mind. How he comes up with the stories contained here is mind-boggling.
This is a collection of short stories, all of which are less than a 10 minute read. All of them are very odd. Some are hilarious, some are interesting, others just truly bizarre. A number of the stories seem to be going nowhere and then just totally twist in the last few words. In others Limmy somehow has his character work through the logic of a stupid decision and somehow convince themselves to make that stupid decision
This collection is a good read, but don't expect it to be laugh out loud funny. This isn't your Michael Macintyre autobiography, it is a collection of daft wee stories, generally showing people getting themselves into weird situations or doing stupid things.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2271 KP) rated Nowhere to Go and All Day to Get There in Books

Jun 21, 2021  
Nowhere to Go and All Day to Get There
Nowhere to Go and All Day to Get There
Gar Anthony Haywood | 2014 | Mystery
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9.0 (1 Ratings)
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Short Trips with the Loudermilks
This is a collection of two short stories featuring retirees and full time RVers Joe and Dottie Loudermilk. In “A Mother Always Knows,” a quick trip into a convenience store results in the couple being on the scene of an armed robbery. “Better Dead Than Wed” find them getting involved in an abusive relationship during a late-night rest stop.

Both of these stories are fast reads – I finished the collection in about half an hour. But both stories are fun and held my interest the entire way through. I was caught off guard by some of the twists along the way. I laughed along the way, sometimes at Joe and Dottie’s reactions to each other and sometimes at the situations they found themselves in. The characters also appeared in two full length novels. Whether you already know them or are just meeting them here for the first time, you’ll enjoy these two quick road trips.
  
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2271 KP) rated Chesapeake Crimes: Invitation to Murder in Books

Oct 7, 2020  
Chesapeake Crimes: Invitation to Murder
Chesapeake Crimes: Invitation to Murder
Various Authors | 2020 | Mystery
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9.0 (1 Ratings)
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Accept this Invitation to Seventeen Murders
In the seventh short story anthology from the Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime, each story revolves around an invitation. Some are the obvious invitations for events, but others are a more casual invitation. Either way, they lead to danger of some kind. There’s a mother whose young son is writing a hard-boiled mystery, an escape room that ends in death, a guest who overstays her welcome, bedbugs and murder in London, and a debutant ball in early 1900’s South Carolina. The stories are as varied as their locations, and many are fun. As with every short story collection, not every story will be for every taste. Personally, I found a couple of them too dark to be enjoyable. But the majority of the seventeen stories were a delight. If you are searching for bite sized stories, you’ll be glad you picked up this collection.