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A short story for Halloween

Have You Heard the One About Anamaria Marquez? by Isabel Yap Read it here in about 30 minutes. Thinking about why I love it… Yap is from The Philippines, and that’s where this story is set. I love all the details she incorporates from Filipino culture and folklore, such as mentioning ‘yayas’, ‘Lolo’, and local…

Short story analysis

A short story for Halloween

Nice Things to Leave at A Grave, by Liz Vaughan Read it here in about 5 minutes. Thinking about why I love it… I love the title of this story: it’s intriguing, as the mention of a ‘grave’ indicates a character has died, which is of course a sad event, and the reader might assume…

Short story analysis

A short story for Halloween

Postcards from Natalie, by Carrie Laben Read it here in about 30 minutes. Thinking about why I love it… Nat has run off with her boyfriend, Keith. She sends postcards to her little sister, Mandy, back home. The reader learns about Nat through these postcards – from her handwriting, and what she does, and doesn’t,…

Short story analysis

A short story for Halloween

Click, by Brian Evenson Read it here in about 20 minutes. Thinking about why I love it… This story is grammatically confusing. We flit from past to present tense within the first section, then back to past tense for the majority of the tale, only to end up back in the present tense again at…

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About Me

My name is Mina Ma. I’m an English teacher, and a writer of short stories and short creative nonfiction.

I blog about short stories (etc.), because analysing what other writers do helps my own writing.

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