Used to Be by Elizabeth Baines. Review
Used to Be by Elizabeth Baines Salt Publishing 2015 Reviewed by Cath Barton “I used to believe in plots, but they’re too insistent and simple; there’s no such thing as a single … Continue reading
Selected Stories by Kjell Askildsen
Selected Stories by Kell Askildsen Translated by Sean Kinsella Dalkey Archive, 2014 Reviewed by Aiden O’Reilly “The sun was nearing the mountains in the west; a haze lingered over the town, and … Continue reading
The Iraqi Christ by Hassan Blasim: review
The Iraqi Christ by Hassan Blasim Translated by Jonathan Wright. Comma Press, 2013 Reviewed by Elaine Chiew “If there was a special search engine for dreams, like Google, all dreamers would find their … Continue reading
What You Are Now Enjoying by Sarah Gerkensmeyer: Review
What You Are Now Enjoying by Sarah Gerkensmeyer Autumn House Press, 2013 Reviewed by Cherry Potts “The Monster who has been haunting me since I was a kid is depressed. We sit on … Continue reading
Aimee Bender, The Color Master – review by Cherry Potts
The Color Master by Aimee Bender Windmill Books, 2013 Reviewed by Cherry Potts “Do you know the king wants to marry his daughter? Her eyes flashed, for a second, with anger. What? … Continue reading
Astray by Emma Donoghue, reviewed by Sarah Schofield
Astray by Emma Donoghue Picador, 2012 Reviewed by Sarah Schofield “‘Could you bear it, really, Caro? Leaving England behind?’ What’s the harm in humouring him? ‘I expect I would hate it at first,’ … Continue reading
Peter Tieryas Liu, Watering Heaven: Review
Watering Heaven by Peter Tieryas Liu Signal8Press, 2012 Reviewed by Elaine Chiew “‘It’s silence I want to hear,’ he said. ‘That single instance where a person is bare and pure and doesn’t … Continue reading
Interview with Ethel Rohan, author of Goodnight Nobody
Interview with Ethel Rohan author of Goodnight Nobody, reviewed by Diane Becker How long did it take you to write all the stories in your collection? There are thirty stories in … Continue reading
Alice Munro Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature!
We are so excited here at Short Review Towers that last week Alice Munro, one of the greatest living writers, and one who has focussed on the short story, was … Continue reading
From the Archives: Dance of the Happy Shades by Alice Munro
Dance of the Happy Shades by Alice Munro Penguin, 1968 Reviewed by Brian George in 2010 “Mason Williams was one of the heroes of the school; he played basketball and … Continue reading
