‘Some Zombie Contingency Plans’ by Kelly Link Read it here, in about an hour (scroll down past the intro). Thinking about using prior knowledge of an author to interpret their work… This story is fascinating. If you’ve never read Kelly Link before, you may read it and come away thinking it’s a realist story aboutContinue reading “A short story I recently read”
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A short story I recently read
‘Bottles of Grief’ by Eva Shelton This story is one of the winners of The Insider Prize 2021. You can read it here (scroll down) in about 10 minutes. Thinking about story focus and characterisation… The narrator is attending a group grief counselling session. They (gender unknown) watch as the other attendees share their stories.Continue reading “A short story I recently read”
A controversy I recently read
Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me, by Kate Clanchy You can read the first part of Chapter 1 here. Thinking about authors using racial, religious, and other stereotypes… Kate Clanchy is a middle-class white woman. Her parents were English. She was born and raised in Scotland, where she attended an independent schoolContinue reading “A controversy I recently read”
The Death and Life of Mrs Parker
Originally posted on jupiter-jones.com:
My novella-in-flash?The Death and Life of Mrs Parker?will?be published by Ad Hoc Fiction on September 10th.? It’s available now to pre-order at a 25% discount.? (code: JJ1009) Pre-Orders | Ad Hoc Fiction “A theory expounded by Heidegger is that time is a series of ‘nows’, each one always already the…
A short story I recently wrote
‘Vengeance’, by Mina Ma My short story ‘Vengeance’ was performed by professional actress Josie Charles at the Liar’s League summer event last night (10th August 2021); the theme was Women & Girls. You can watch the performance here. Josie read it beautifully – thank you Josie! Watch Liars’ League on YouTube here, or check outContinue reading “A short story I recently wrote”
A short story I recently read
‘How to Talk to Your Mother’ by Lorrie Moore Read it here in about 20 minutes. Thinking about motifs… I’m a sucker for nostalgia. Having a short story/novel look back into the past, especially after a character has died, gets me every time. The opening line of this story tells us someone has died: ‘WithoutContinue reading “A short story I recently read”
A short story I recently wrote
‘Symbolism’, by Mina Ma You can read my creative nonfiction short story here, in Makarelle’s summer issue, which is on the theme of Tattoo.
A short story I recently read
‘Fable’ by Ethan Rutherford Read it here in about an hour. Thinking about using stories within stories… A husband and wife have dinner with an old friend, meeting his new wife for the first time. The three friends reminisce; the narrator tells the reader they share stories about their shared pasts, but the reader isn’tContinue reading “A short story I recently read”
A short story I recently read
‘And Later, His Ghost’, by Sarah Hall Read it here in about 30 minutes. Thinking about imagery as plot… I recently read Hall’s short story collection Madame Zero, in which this story features. It’s an unusual collection; the first and last stories seem to be about the same characters and event, but one takes aContinue reading “A short story I recently read”
A short story I recently read
The Man I Killed, by Tim O’Brien Read it here in 10 minutes. Thinking about structure and effects… O’Brien’s use of structure is amazing throughout the collection The Things they Carried; many of the stories spiral around events, revisiting them, reconsidering them, which I think reflects how memory works, especially in relation to trauma. TheContinue reading “A short story I recently read”
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