Short Stories Book Reviews

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

Every once in a while a nugget of gold crops up in the short story collections published each year. My gold nugget is Big Cats by Holiday Reinhorn.

Reinhorn writes…

Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

Roxana Robinson has authored two short story collections, a biography of Georgia O'Keeffe, and three novels. Sweetwater is one of my top-ten all-time favorite novels.…

Reviewed by Julie Failla Earhart

When Brokeback Mountain rolled into the theatres, I admit that I wasn't interested. However, when I learned that it was based on the Annie Proulx short story…

Reviewed by Julie Failla Earhar

It is nice to finally read a collection of short stories that don't have a central, underlying theme or that isn't trying to pretend to be a novel. I miss the…

Reviewed by Elysabeth Eldering

What do you say about stories that all have a romantic undertone to them but are so totally unrelated? Weird came to mind. I'm not saying this is a bad thing…

Reviewed by Linda Lee

This is an entertaining book of short stories written for thinkers.

The third class superhero spoken of in the title is Moisture Man. He has the powers to be a good…

Reviewed by Yuka Mizushima

If you have ever been the newcomer or felt like an outsider, this is a book for you! The short stories in this book focus on identity, belonging and memories (both…

Reviewed by Kathy Johnson

Coming in December 2006, author Joanna Scott, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize with The Manikin, brings the reader captivating tales in Everybody Loves Somebody.

Her…

Reviewed by Marcy Courneya

J.P. Cardone's first short story collection, Tales Under a Full Moon, entices thoughts about the strangeness that could happen to us each day through various choices…

Reviewed by Karen Morse

Ahdaf Soueif's first fiction offering since The Map of Love, which was shortlisted for the 1999 Man Booker Prize, is actually a repackaging of nine stories originally…

Reviewed by Sarah van Ingen

Transparency is Frances Hwang's debut collection of short stories. While her writing is a bit rough around the edges, there is no mistaking that she has a passion,…

Reviewed By Michele E. Davis

When you hear the title, Dirty Little Altar Boy, what comes to mind is a tween or teenager that is a misfit and probably did some wild stuff when he was in middle…

Reviewed by Michele Heather Pollock

Lorrie Moore is famous for her humor, her wry use of language, and her honest look into the strangeness that is at the heart of human lives. Vintage…

Reviewed By Michele E. Davis

Angela Pneuman has a sharp sense of humor and great delivery in her short story collection, Home Remedies. Once you read the first story about a young girl who…

Reviewed by Michele Heather Pollock

Margaret Atwood has reached iconic status. Best known for her novels, including A Handmaid's Tale and The Blind Assassin, which won the Booker Prize in…