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Short Story Reading Challenge – Week 1
A few weeks back, Jodi Cleghorn (awesome editor and author) presented a challenge to the readers of her blog, Writing in Black and White: ‘Beginning in earnest next week, (14th Feb) I will be...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 8
Does Anyone Care for You on a Regular Basis – David Gaffney (from his collection, Aromabingo). Another story from this collection (which I have been dipping into on the side, while reading other...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 11
What Would Bill Hicks Do? – David Gaffney Another great story from a great collection, Aromabingo. The structure of this story is superb, with a suitably vague ending that leaves the reader to decide...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 12
All Mod Cons – David Gaffney Busy day today so cheated a little and read a piece of flash from the Aromabingo collection I have been dipping in and out of over the last two weeks. All Mod Cons is very...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 27 & 28
March 12th – The Time Machine – T. J. Cooper This story can be found in the first issue of Electric Literature. It is a first person narrated study in jealousy that features a great use of texts within...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 30 & 31
Decided to focus on completing the collections dipped into thus far, starting with David Gaffney’s ‘Aromabingo.’ March 15th – The Happiness Well An exercise in inventiveness. The well of the title is a...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 32 & 33
More from David Gaffney’s ‘Aromabingo.’ March 17th – You And You Alone I don’t hesitate to put this in the ranks of stories I wished I had written. It has everything. Love. Murder. Jealousy. More...
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Short Story Challenge – Day 36-39
March 21st – March 24th – four more stories from David Gaffney’s ‘Aromabingo’. Of the last four stories I read from this collection (Who Reads This Will Not Sin, Special Pudding, Guided By Voices and...
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Week of Stories – Day 5
Day 5 and I’ve picked a Power Point story by David Gaffney, ‘The King of Powerpoint’ from his 2009 Edinburgh Festival show Destroy PowerPoint. Gaffney’s ‘Aromabingo’ collection really impressed me at...
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58 Word Review – Sawn Off Tales
Second review in and I’m already breaking my 50 words exactly rule with a 58 word review. I do have a good reason for this. David Gaffney’s collection, Sawn Off Tales contains 58 perfectly formed...
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