Sunday Shorts

Hello! I've still not 100% decided what I'll be doing this year with the blog re: short fiction, but a weekly check-in of some sort is in the cards, and so I'll start in that manner, at least. What I've Been Reading I've got a few anthologies and novellas on the go right now. I …

Audiobooks, 2020

Last year, the vast majority of my reading was short fiction, which was by design, as I’m really, really good at buying collections and anthologies and then a new anthology or collection comes out and repeat and suddenly I’ve read one story from eleven different books. This led to my Short Stories 366 Project last …

Short Stories 366:356 — “It’s a Wonderful Wife,” by Camille Pagan

It's probably obvious by now how much I love a retelling, given how I try to write one every year, and so it's likely not a huge surprise that I loved this contemporary and gender-flipped version of "It's a Wonderful Life" from Camilla Pagan, "It's a Wonderful Wife." We meet Bailey George (who runs George …

Short Stories 366:355 — “The Christmas Angel,” by Eli Easton

Before I start, I feel like I need to add a caveat about this day because of some issues I had with the format. I did end up enjoying "The Christmas Angel," but it's a rare "I'd suggest reading it, not listening to it" from me. For one, I had to speed up the playback …

Short Stories 366:354 — “Snow Day,” by Julie Lipson

You can always tell when I'm close to the darkest days of the year, as audiobook novellas start to become front and centre in my reading. Walking the dog in the morning dark, getting home before it's barely light, and having my beard frozen to my face is less than pleasant, but an audiobook I …

Short Stories 366:352 — “Eight Winter Nights,” by Liz Maverick

"Eight Winter Nights" opens with a Hannukah party and a near-perfect meet-cute: wonderful, good-with-words Rachel ends up locked out on a balcony with handsome, new-to-the-city Oz, Liz Maverick's audio novella had me pretty much from the get-go. Rachel's voice is that brilliant mix of self-deprecating, smart, and just-a-bit oddball that I adore, and when she …