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in a dark vein
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories written/illustrated by Tim Burton. HarperEntertainment, 1997. Hardback, 128 pages. Stick Boy and Match Girl in Love Voodoo Girl Robot Boy Staring...
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guys read
Guys Read #01: Funny Business Edited by Jon Scieszka w/ Illustrations by Adam Rex Scholastic Inc., 2010. 10 stories, 268 pages, tradepaper. Ten stories guaranteed to delight, amuse, and possibly make...
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Clarke’s Graces
While browsing for a Sci Fi Experience read in the Sci Fi/Fantasy section of the Library, I encountered Susanna Clarke’s The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories. Note the base of the spine in the...
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Tales by Shaun Tan in Outer Suburbia
My morning was all pleasurable sighs at the breakfast table. No, this is not a post on erotica or other such sense; nor would I be considered a foodie. I am referring to, in this instance, to sitting...
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after the quake: stories by haruki murakami
After the Quake: stories by Haruki Murakami Translated from Japanese by Jay Rubin Edition read: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. Contents: ufo in kushiro; landscape with flatiron; all god’s children can dance;...
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Stories: All-New Tales (pt 1)
Stories: All-New Tales Edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio William Morrow & Company, 2010 Hardcover, 448 pages. 27 stories, introduction, and brief contributors’ bios. “Talking to Al...
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Stories: All-New Tales (pt2)
this is part 2 of my post on Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio edited Stories: All-New Tales (2010, William Morrow). Part one is here. Part 2 involves my [brief] responses to each of the 27 stories...
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Guys Read : Thriller
Ten stories guaranteed to thrill, chill, and have you so far on the edge of your seat that you’re actually on someone else’s, from the following notorious authors: M.T. Anderson, Patrick Carman,...
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{book} you are not a stranger here
“You and all the inheritors of wealth who think life is a matter of perfected sentiment. You are wrong.” (“The Volunteer” 237) You know those books you should have just gone ahead and read because...
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{comic} the eternal smile
The Eternal Smile : Three Stories by by Gene Luen Yang & Derek Kirk Kim First Second Books, 2009. Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim are authors and artists who’ve teamed up in this collection of...
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{comic} curiosities
The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects by Mike Mignola; Dark Horse Comics, 2010. “The Amazing Screw-On Head” is the first short story of the collection wherein President Abraham Lincoln...
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{book} speaking of paradise
Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman Scribner (Simon&Schuster) 2012. hardcover, 224 pages. purchased at a Library sale some time back with a vague memory of reading a...
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{book} the power & in just one body (of work)
Of note: my writing about an excellent short story collection equates to a long post. But I do give you a few paragraphs (up to the asterisks) before ~brief remarks on each of the stories. The Thing...
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{book} open mic
Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices edited by Mitali Perkins Candlewick, 2013. (ages 12 & up) hardcover, 127pages w/ “About the Contributors.” Library loan. As Mitali Perkins...
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Guys Read : Thriller
Ten stories guaranteed to thrill, chill, and have you so far on the edge of your seat that you’re actually on someone else’s, from the following notorious authors: M.T. Anderson, Patrick Carman,...
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{comic} the eternal smile
The Eternal Smile : Three Stories by by Gene Luen Yang & Derek Kirk Kim First Second Books, 2009. Gene Luen Yang and Derek Kirk Kim are authors and artists who’ve teamed up in this collection of...
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{comic} curiosities
The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects by Mike Mignola; Dark Horse Comics, 2010. “The Amazing Screw-On Head” is the first short story of the collection wherein President Abraham Lincoln...
View ArticleClik here to view.
{book} speaking of paradise
Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories by Megan Mayhew Bergman Scribner (Simon&Schuster) 2012. hardcover, 224 pages. purchased at a Library sale some time back with a vague memory of reading a...
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