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Short Story Review: The New Yorker on Harold Brodkey’s short st…
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | August 26th 2008 by One Real Story
Discussion on Harold Brodkey’s short story Spring Fugue Jeffrey Eugenides reads Harold Brodkey’s short story Spring Fugue and discusses it with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Listen to the mp3 on the player above. read more
Short Story Review: Much more than “Awake”
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | August 19th 2008 by One Real Story
The New Yorker: Awake by Tobias Wolff I was highly impressed with Awake by Tobias Wolff all the way through the read. It catches you initially by reminding you of the days when you too had to struggle through the Odyssey. The fumbling while reading read more
Short Story Review: Nothing Extreme in “Ski-Doo”
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | August 12th 2008 by One Real Story
Mississippi Review: Ski-Doo by Pia Z. Ehrhardt Pia Z. Ehrhardt’s short story Ski-Doo leaves much to be desired. How often does a father marry and bear children with his daughter’s best friend and no one has a problem with that? Don’ read more
Short Story Review: Fake Friends in “The Dinner Party”
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | August 5th 2008 by One Real Story
The New Yorker: The Dinner Party by Joshua Ferris “I can predict everything that will happen from the moment they arrive to the little kiss on the cheek goodbye and I just can’t goddam do it.” We’ve all been here before. The Dinner Party read more
Short Story Review: Zombie Mythology in “Zombie Meth”
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | July 22nd 2008 by One Real Story
Anotherealm: Zombie Meth by Adrienne Ray “Zombie Meth” raises some difficult questions for me as a reader and as someone who loves literature. Maybe that’s why I like it. It’s provocative in that it compels me to question my assumptions about read more
Short Story Review: Disturbing Thought Patterns in Don Hucks’ …
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | July 8th 2008 by One Real Story
Ghoti: Carnivorous by Don Hucks After pouring through thousands of pages of conventional, reasonably-sensible literature, sometimes it can be satisfying to find a piece so artfully ambiguous that it borders on incomprehensibility. Don Hucks’ “Car read more
Short Story Review: The Torments of “Night”
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | July 1st 2008 by One Real Story
anderbo: Night by Jessica Pishko It’s interesting how much pain can be packed into a human being. We’re dynamic creatures, if only insofar as we can suffer. We can suffer terrible pains and humiliations without even showing it. Youth can hide tha read more
Read Latest Reviews of The President’s Parasite
The President's Parasite | June 27th 2008 by Jim Musgrave
“Jim Musgrave is a talented writer with brilliant ideas. His writing shows he is an educated man and very well-rounded. He can talk freely about religion, politics, and worldwide events with a vast knowledge. Moreover, his short stories will ma read more
Short Story Review: Shaun Hendel’s “Why I Didn’t Marry My F…
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | June 24th 2008 by One Real Story
Ghoti: Why I Didn’t Marry My Fiancee By Shaul Hendel If you’re looking to add some spice to your erotic sensibilities before summer, Shaun Hendel’s “Why I Didn’t Marry My Fiancée” may be the tale to get your juices flowing. It’s a read more
Short Story Review: Disconnected in “Public Display of Affectio…
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | June 17th 2008 by One Real Story
The Mississippi Review: Public Display of Affection by Laura Levin Laura Levin’s “Public Display of Affection” examines change. More specifically, Levin looks at the changes we don’t notice, the little subtleties that we miss in the motion of read more
Short Story Review: Feelings and Failings in “Kept”
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | June 10th 2008 by One Real Story
Pif Magazine: Kept by Kirsten Clodfelter “Kept,” by Kirsten Clodfelter, is short but sweet. This story doesn’t try to be an expansive epic condensed into jot of flash fiction. Instead it’s a piece of flash fiction that reveals intimacy, love, read more
Short Story Review: Momentum in Kristen Paige Madonia’s “In T…
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | June 3rd 2008 by One Real Story
Inkwell: In Transit by Kristen-Paige Madonia “In Transit,” by Kristen-Paige Madonia, is a look at momentum, how people move and how they stop, the forces that and impulses that guide our decisions. The main character, Sapphire, is a twenty-seven read more
Short Story Review: Youthful Hijinks Gone Wrong in John Cotter’…
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | May 27th 2008 by One Real Story
Ghoti: Gulliver Road By John Cotter John Cotter’s Gulliver Road is a clear, concise little tale of youthful hijinks gone horribly wrong. It’s an expertly crafted work which explores with the everyday troubles of two young boys, Paul and Taylor, i read more
Short Story Review: The Arrogance of Fantasy in Sari Wilson’s …
Online Creative Writing Center | One Real Story | May 13th 2008 by One Real Story
AGNI: The Sightseer by Sari Wilson “Sightseer” by Sari Wilson, is the story of Lewis, a rich American exploring Bangkok. But even as he is in another country, we see all of the many expectations and assumptions he brings with him. This story refl read more
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