The third book in my free three-book promotion is now available on Amazon: "Secrets & Wisdom" - 11th to 15th March A collection of short stories.
Category: Short Stories
Free Kindle Book Promotion – the 2nd book!
The second book in my free three-book promotion is now available on Amazon: "Degrees of Separation" - 6th to 10th March This will be followed by "Secrets & Wisdom" - 11th to 15th March Both of these are collections of short stories.
Free Kindle Book Promotion
I have a free Kindle book promotion running over the next two weeks on Amazon: "At Maunston Quay" - 1st to 5th March "Degrees of Separation" - 6th to 10th March "Secrets & Wisdom" - 11th to 15th March
“The Snows of Kilimanjaro”
To call Ernest Heminway's "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" a collection of short stories is a mis-labelling. Indeed, it could be argued that very few of the eighteen tales within the book qualify as a 'short story'. Many are very short - almost vignettes - and a number, which all centre around the same character - … Continue reading “The Snows of Kilimanjaro”
“Men Without Women”
I have, in the not too distant past, been less than complimentary about Ernest Hemingway (To Have and Have Not). Undaunted, I decided to try "Men Without Women", and I confess to be really pleased to have done so. The stories are lean and enigmatic. The medium seems to suit Hemingway's somewhat 'punchy' style, and … Continue reading “Men Without Women”
Speed-dating
OK. Let's get a couple of things clear up front... This post isn't about speed-datingActually I've never had any experience of speed-dating, so if you hear anything to the contrary they are just vile rumours So, speed-dating. The 'topic' - or at least the title of the topic - comes from a recent post of … Continue reading Speed-dating
“Grand Union”
There is a tremendous degree of variety in Zadie Smith's short story collection, "Grand Union". Variations in style, theme, tempo. There is also (for me at least) considerable variation in terms of what one might euphemistically - and dangerously! - bracket as 'accessibility'. Some of the writing is breathtaking; some less so. A number of … Continue reading “Grand Union”
“The Shell Collector”
I daresay a case could be made to argue that it is only when a novelist is writing short stories that you get a true measure of their abilities: the need to be economical but not too sparse; the creation of a plot that is coherent but not over-blown; the establishing of character without having … Continue reading “The Shell Collector”
Missing work already..?
Today is the first 'new Monday'; the first whole week where I can decide what I do with my time, how much I write. Staggeringly it is a month since I wrote The Daunting Prospect of Reinvention - and what's more bizarre is that it feels as if I have been footloose and fancy-free for more … Continue reading Missing work already..?
“Memory Wall”
Although I first came across Anthony Doerr through his novel "All the Light We Cannot See", if you wanted a more subtle introduction then his collection of short stories then "Memory Wall" wouldn't be a bad place to start. The stories are engaging and well-written, and you somehow feel 'safe' in Doerr's hands. The subject … Continue reading “Memory Wall”
Ian Gouge - Writer 