short story review

Short story review: "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury

"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury is a dark tale about a futuristic world. Two parents have given their children everything: a home that takes...

Oates shows off strong horror chops in latest story collection.

It seems like yesterday that I wrote a review for Joyce Carol Oates's "latest" collection of short stories, Sourland, and now the...

New Oates short story collection hit and miss

The prolific and briliant Joyce Carol Oates has three new release books out, all of them still in hardback only. While her memoir A Widow's...

The Short List: A Passion in the Desert, Honoré de Balzac

The Short List is a collection of reviews and critical responses to short fiction. All titles reviewed are suggested for a quick, quality read....

George Saunders develops his voice with "Pastoralia"

The brilliant debut story collection, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, by George Saunders showed the author's incredible sense of whimsy and sad...

'The Shelter of the World' by Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie's extensive body of literary work istruly fascinating. Among his brilliant collection of fictional stories 'The Shelter of...

David Sedaris: A modern-day Aesop?

Most people know David Sedaris for his hilarious personal essay collections, such as Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and...

'The Man in the Black Suit' by Stephen King

As might be expected from the masterful Stephen King, "The Man in the Black Suit" is written in the horror genre with superbly chilling...

James Franco: Not your typical celebrity author

Every time I see a new celebrity has a book of fiction coming out, I roll my eyes. With celebutantes like Lauren Conrad and Nicole Richie popping...

Debut story collection a complete knock-out

I was first exposed to Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Haslett's writing in a creative writing course in college. I found his writing to be both...