Short Story Advent Calendar Unveiling: December 23

Oh my, just two more days to go! I’m enjoying the stories but these videos are ALOT of work! Maybe next year I’ll just do social media updates as I work through the calendar or something…
Some of you may be wondering where my reviews of the 2019 Short Story Advent Calendar are, because in years past, I’ve posted a review every single day from December 1 to December 25. Well I’ve smartened up because it was just too time intensive to make a youtube video each and every day, so…
Wow, we are at our halfway point already!!! I’m so impressed with how varied each story is in the advent calendar has been, it feels like I’m getting a taste of every possible kind of writing out there (which is the point of an advent calendar, I suppose). Which leads me to a question; does…
I always rejoice when I get the chance to read a classic mystery. The Tangled Miracle by Canadian author Bertram Brooker was originally published in 1936 under the pseudonym Huxley Herne, and has recently been re-released by indie publisher Invisible Publishing which has a Throwback Series that re-introduces public-domain books. A locked room mystery of…
So I was very tired when I recorded this, which was actually on December 14. But as I write this it’s December 15, and a couple hours away from getting my tooth pulled, so close enough. Thanks for following along guys!
Alexander McCall Smith is just one of those guys-he’s super nice in person (yes, I’ve spent one-on-one time with him, and he wore a kilt!), he writes wonderful books, and he’s super prolific, even though he’s a millionaire and no longer needs to work. What’s not to love? The premise of this book didn’t even…
Reproduction by Ian Williams, winner of the 2019 Giller Prize is a quirky read. Aside from this book being PAINFULLY LONG, I enjoyed it. It plays with lots of things: format, timelines, even phrasing. That being said, I’m a reader who doesn’t like freaky-deaky experimentation in my books, but I still found this story readable….
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Very accomplished story telling. I felt like the legends of the dogs came full circle at the end when the boy and his dogs were heading for the sea—the poor woman who had to sell her dog, but it came back to her across the ocean, and the boy and his dogs perhaps doing the same to return to his mother…either that, or he knew he had to kill them, as his father suggested following the story of the woman and her dog. This one pushed a lot of buttons. I really liked the structure, as well.
Sorry to hear about your squares. Hope the party went well. Thanks for taking the time to do these videos; it makes reading the stories more enjoyable.
Thanks for following along and commenting Cathy, it’s greatly appreciated! Merry Christmas.
Oh, my gosh! Your squirrel story reminds me of when I baked fairy cakes and had to throw them out and then a raccoon ate them out of the dumpster 😂
To this day, your fairy cakes blog post is one of my favourite that you’ve ever written.
Hahahaha, thank you, Anne! 😂
Still, the fact that the squirrel ate them at least proves they must have been good! I’m excited to find out what’s behind “tomorrow’s” big square!
You will have already been disappointed then :(