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Love of Life and Other Stories by Jack London (1907)

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Perhaps long-time readers have noticed that I’ve made a few changes to the site recently. One has been to add a series of pages dedicated to my favorite short-story authors and their full short-story bibliographies. Just perusing those 21 Jack … Continue reading

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The Human Drift by Jack London (1917)

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A Collection of Nonfiction Short Stories I’ve been making a few sweeping changes to my blog recently. It’s the year for change, I guess. One of these changes has been to add a “Support This Blog” page, which allows me … Continue reading

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Frederick & Eloise: A Love Story by Brian Biggs (1993)

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Here’s a word I don’t use too often: bawdy. But that’s the word that came to mind with this humorous little love story which almost isn’t even a love story at all. It took me all of 4 minutes to … Continue reading

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Is It Possible? by Doug Ohman (2021)

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Is It Possible? by Doug Ohman (2021) is a fascinating journey through his metal-detecting career and the possibilities of how items were lost. Continue reading

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George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl (1981)

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George’s Marvellous Medicine (1981) is one of Roald Dahl’s darker children’s stories. Better titled: “,,,Or How I Learned to Murder My Grandma.” Continue reading

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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck (1976)

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From the Winchester Manuscripts of Thomas Malory and Other Sources As the year rolls on and Summer has now turned to Fall, I’m reminded that my Siblings’ Book Club is still roaring, and I’ve only finished 4.5 of the 10 … Continue reading

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Someone Like You by Roald Dahl (1953)

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A Christian review of each story in Someone Like You by Roald Dahl (1953), a collection of truly creepy stories for adults. Continue reading

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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl (1977)

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The World’s Most Scrumdiddlyumptious Storyteller There probably aren’t too many adults out there in the Western world who haven’t experienced at one time or another the wacky imagination of Roald Dahl. Perhaps his most popular works of fiction, those about … Continue reading

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Cabbages and Kings by O. Henry (1904)

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A Christian review of O.Henry’s novel, Cabbages and Kings (1904), a romantic mystery. Continue reading

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Minority Report and Other Stories by Philip K. Dick (2004)

For our Siblings Book Club in 2022, we’re scheduled to read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, the so-called genre-defining science-fiction author. While I’ve enjoyed watching movies based the man’s books and stories, I’m a bit … Continue reading

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