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at first this seemed a probable three star book – the first couple (I don’t read in order) I read were OK, but not my kind of thing: ‘How to fall in Love with an Air Hostess’ was particularly not my thing, being too arch for me and presented in the second person singular (I always thought stories using ‘you’ a bit presumptuous, unless done very very well, eg The Sound of My Voice; some of Lorrie Moore’s stuff). But then most of the stories after those two caught me in ways I didn’t expect – eg R...
I was very much looking forward to getting stuck into the Fiction Desk anthologies and I was expecting them to be good quality, but this first volume still managed to pleasantly surprise me.It starts with a sincere and charming 'mission statement' from editor Rob Redman, comparing his desire to showcase really good, new fiction to a desire to play amazing new music to people in little underground clubs. That really struck a chord with me (pardon the pun). There's a sort of underground (underdog
A well-written and engaging collection of short stories - refreshingly devoid of literary pretentiousness. I particularly enjoyed 'Rex' by Jon Wallace - a story of an unusual pet dog, and Patrick Whittaker's 'Celia and Harold' about a sinister village plagued by the consequences of a relationship gone wrong.
3.5*Having subscribed to “The Fiction Desk” anthologies some months back and been favourably impressed by the volume received so far (Long Grey Beard and Glittering Eye– my review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... ), I found it interesting to read (in ebook version) the first issue in the series – “Various Authors”. What struck me was that from its very first outing, some of the defining characteristic of the series were already firmly established.First of all, Fiction Desk antholog...
Rob did a great job of bringing these debut writers of short stories together.It's reassuring to have an advocate of the short story champion them so generously.With some adult learners help, I'm offering this feedback on the thought-provoking anthology of established authors.Avoiding spoilers,'Two buses Away' by Lynsey May started the anthology off showing authentic language from the protagonist, Ger. It carefully contrasted his interaction on a journey and at home in dialogue. Next with 'How t...
Rob Redman is he editor of The Fiction Desk. He does such a fine job of compiling these collections of short stories that if you are a reader and writer of shorts, you can't afford to ignore them. This collection has 12 stories, each better than the other, and so beautifully written that they are bound to stay with you even after you've finished the collection.
Rob Redman has clearly spent a lot of time reading and selecting stories for this anthology. Before each one he sets out the writers background and why he chose the story for the book. I really like this as you rarely get this kind of insight into an editors choices.A total of twelve stories, some of them are darker than others and each one deals with another aspect of life. Coming of age, love, death, finding your inner self. In some respects you need to be fairly emotionally robust to read the...
Because I live in a small town, it is very difficult to get a hold of literary journals without buying them online (that is, if they aren't already strictly online only, what can I say, I like holding books). But that is the very same reason I don't like buying them online, because I hardly buy any books online, I like supporting my small, local, indie bookstores.The difficulty in getting them in my hands makes me sad, because I would very much like to read and support young and up-and-coming-au...
There seems to have been a number of new journals appearing over the last little while, and many others promising to appear soon. The quality of these journals tend to be a little all over the place, especially when first starting out, attempting to recruit talented writers, uncover good slush, and hopefully pick up a few readers along the way. I like to support new publications and urge the reading and (especially) writing public to do so as well, since a healthy subscription allows for better
Some of the stories worth revisited!
