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Roxanne (13 KP) rated Eating Ice Cream on the Subway in Books

Nov 14, 2018  
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Eating Ice Cream on the Subway
Steve Nugent | 2011
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Only when I finished this short-story did I realise that I was holding my breath. It was one of those stories that made things hit home...how messed up society is. It was so effective that it changed my whole mood, I was disgusted. I highly recommend that people should read this, it's very short but very effective. I knocked one star off because it was so short, it had potential to be so much more.
  
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Dean (6925 KP) rated After Midnight (1989) in Movies

Apr 30, 2019  
After Midnight (1989)
After Midnight (1989)
1989 | Horror
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Good Anthology
Aha I came across this on TV years ago, forgot the name! This is a good collection of short stories with a few neat twists, a bit like Creepshow, Tales of the unexpected. Quite enjoyable!
  
    Hawk Moon

    Hawk Moon

    Sam Shepard

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    In this collection of monologues, short stories and poems, one of America's most acclaimed writers...

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ClareR (5674 KP) rated Folk in Books

Jan 24, 2018 (Updated Jan 24, 2018)  
Folk
Folk
Zoe Gilbert | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
9
9.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
An atmosphere that draws you in (2 more)
Beautiful prose
Interconnected short stories
Fairy tales for grown ups
This collection of short stories is set on the island of Neverness. All of the stories are interconnected and characters reoccur as adults after they were in a story as children. We see how an experience in one story then becomes a cautionary tale or a fairytale in another. I loved the atmosphere in this book: menacing, dreamlike, happy, sad - like a fairytale really.
The language used was really very poetic. If you're attracted to this as a Fantasy reader, the language is weighted more on the 'Literary Fiction' side. I like both, and this didn't even occur to me until I read another review on Goodreads! There are plenty of Fantasy writers out there whose prose can be lyrical!
I also liked how the beginning and the end of the book were connected. Very clever, original writing, this is a short story collection that didn't feel to me as though they were short stories. Well worth a read!
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to read this gorgeous book!
  
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Caffeinated Fae (464 KP) rated The Transfer (Divergent, #0.1) in Books

Jul 10, 2018  
The Transfer (Divergent, #0.1)
The Transfer (Divergent, #0.1)
Veronica Roth | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)
8
8.3 (7 Ratings)
Book Rating
I really like Tobias and I'm glad that I read this short story. It was really interesting to read about Tobias and find out his feelings. I really wish that this was longer, 100 pages would have been nice but a full length novel would be the best. I guess I will just have to wait to read the other short stories.
  
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Cyn Armistead (14 KP) rated Liftport - The Space Elevator: Opening Space to Everyone in Books

Mar 1, 2018  
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Liftport - The Space Elevator: Opening Space to Everyone
Arthur C. Clarke | 2006
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Some of the short stories were amusing, but too much of the fiction was excerpted from well-known novels. I have to admit that I only skimmed the non-fiction, which makes up the majority of the book.