Short Stories – Page 47 – Cannonball Read 17

Another short story to fill the void between the super long ones!!

2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

March 29, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

I think I saw Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. and remembered back to high school where I read Fahrenheit 451 (not KVJr), Catcher in the Rye (not KVJr), and some other book that wasn’t written by him. I guess I just got them all mixed up in my head, so don’t yell at me. I’m not sure I’ve ever read a Kurt Vonnegut Jr. book now that I’m looking back? Anybody have any recommendations? Obviously I read this book, but it’s a short story, so a bit […]

“Let’s talk, you and I. Let’s talk about fear.”

Night Shift by Stephen King

March 29, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Took me long enough to get through this one. But my brain was not in a great place when I started, and I had to wait to read a bunch of freaky-deaky stories until my brain felt better. Which it did over the weekend, and I zoomed through this. Stephen King’s imagination is a wild place, especially Stephen King of fifty years ago (some of these stories were published in the 60’s, even though the book was published in 1978). Some of the stories didn’t […]

Rousing roundup of Michael Connelly / Bosch Universe books

The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly

The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

Blue on Black by Michael Connelly

Dangerous Women by Michael Connelly and various other authors

March 28, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Last year (literally the beginning of January 2021) I started reading the Detective Harry Bosch books. There are twenty something in total that are just Bosch books. There are also some offshoots that are considered part of the Harry Bosch Universe. They include: Mickey Haller – Bosch’s half brother, and the Lincoln Lawyer (obviously the book first, but the Matthew McConaughey movie character too), Jack McEvoy – a reporter that intersects with Harry a few times, Terry McCaleb – an FBI agent who works with […]

Compendium of Robert Heinlein

The Menace from Earth by Robert A Heinlein

Assignment in Eternity by Robert A Heinlein

Red Planet by Robert A Heinlein

For Us, the Living by Robert A Heinlein

Between Planets by Robert A Heinlein

Farmer in the Sky by Robert A Heinlein

March 23, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Menace from Earth – 3/5 Stars – Like a lot of science fiction writers, Robert Heinlein just wrote and published tons of stories. Some of them are good and some of them are not, and a lot of them were published with pseudonyms. This collection was edited and revised and republished in the 1990s in order to keep those Heinlein monies going. The collection is a mixed bag, and generally have the the opposite problem of the novels. The novels are often way weirder […]

Horror Triple Feature

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel

Spontaneous Human Combustion by Richard Thomas

March 15, 2022 by Claudia Leave a Comment

Here are three separate novels that fit the horror or suspense genre! Quick ratings: The Only Good Indians: 4 stars Just Like Mother: 3 stars Spontaneous Human Combustion: Unrated (not my thing but not bad) The Only Good Indians This book feels like it is a story told in two parts. The first being a very gripping and effective psychological horror and the second being well – a little bit different and in my opinion, a little less effective. The novel follows a band of […]

Short story that needs a novel

Hush by Mary Anne Mohanraj

March 10, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Dear Mary Anne Mohanraj, your story Hush just blew me away! I have probably never read anything so short that threw me for such a loop. This story about a middle-aged mom coming home from a long trip as a flight attendant. She is “human” but not of a new world, not like her ancestors of Old Earth. But is she humane? This is tested the day she comes home to find her (alien) neighbors’ daughter (approximately 14-years-old) being harassed by the local authorities. Of course, you […]

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