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#shortstories

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Ciara

'One of those troubled types who stare at the ground and fail to see it'.'

'I wanted to kiss her. I'd kissed girls before, but never sober during the day.'

First time I've read Philip Ó Ceallaigh and won't be the last. Good collection so far. Lots of nice little observations and character sketches tucked into single sentences.

#Fredagsbog
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#ShortStories

Resting on a black bag, my paperback edition of the short story collection Trouble by Philip Ó Ceallaigh. Cover: Dark blue background with a small illustration of a cityscape in the middle in vivid orange colours. The title and author name are in large sans serif white type. At the bottom, this praise quote from John Banville: 'A wonderful writer who dares to stay loyal to the short-story form. Here is a master in full control of his material.'
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WanderingHuman 🇨🇦

I'm looking to explore some short stories, but there is so much out there. Can anyone recommend some collections or anthologies of contemporary #shortstories or novellas? Nothing too dark or "out there", but I'm otherwise open to genre. I'd particularly like some new ideas, or new takes on old themes, and stories with good character development. #literature #bookstodon #reading

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Hannah Steenbock

It's #BookBirthday for a friend of mine!

"Human Nature and Other Stories" by JM Taylor

Where's the best place to find a vampire in Glasgow these days?
How do you make a bargain with a Bean-nighe?
How do you trap a witch in a glass?

Thirteen original tales of the weird and supernatural, inspired by the legends, history, landscape and culture of Scotland, from the ancient past to modern cities.

amazon.com/Human-Nature-Other-

Congratulations!

@QuokkaMocha

#Horror
#ShortStories
@bookstodon

Cover of the book Human Nature and Other Stories by J.M. Taylor The cover shows a pained stag in front of a mountainous landscape. There's a moon hidden in the mist, faintly glowing to the left of the antlers of the stag. The entire image is kept to an eerie blue and purple hue, with decorative swirls in the corners as well as at the top and the bottom, where the author's name and the title are.
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Allan Dyen-Shapiro

A short story sale! "MindsEye Lets You Love Again" just sold to Factor Four Magazine. A medical science fiction story that ropes in immigrant struggles and family drama, all in 996 words.

It will be a free click, so I will definitely circulate the link once it comes out.

#AmWriting
#ShortStory
#ShortStories
#FlashFiction
#AmWritingScienceFiction
#AmWritingSciFi
#WritersOfMastodon
#AuthorsOfMastodon
#WritingCommunity
#WritersLife
#ScienceFiction
#Fiction

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Congratulations to the four Caribbean writers who made the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist!

“Jumbie Pond” by Joanne C. Hillhouse (Antigua and Barbuda)

“Margot’s Run” by Subraj Singh (Guyana)

“Pomp and Circumstance” by Kellie Magnus (Jamaica)

“Redeye Cat” by Jessie Mayers (Saint Lucia)

The regional winners will be announced on May 14.

I’m thrilled for Joanne Hillhouse because I’ve enjoyed her work.

#Caribbean
#Fiction
#ShortStories

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Reading Recluse

📘 "Life Ceremony" by Sayaka Murata, translated from Japanese into English by Ginny Tapley Takemori

If Sayaka Murata's books have a million fans, then I'm one of them.
If Sayaka Murata's books have one fan, then I'm that one.
If Sayaka Murata's books have no fans, I'm sorry, that means I'm no longer on this earth (maybe I'm visiting Popinpobopia).

Memes aside, I loved this short story collection. Sometimes they're subtly connected and they even link back to other books. They touch on alienation, what it means to be normal or abnormal, trauma, and the absurdity of human society.

In a "wow, that's messed up"-scale from 1 (Convenience Store Woman) to 10 (Earthlings) I'd rate this a 7, so go in prepared.

I'm hesitant to conclude this after 'only' reading three of her works, but I think Sayaka Murata is slowly entering the list of my favorite authors. I only have Vanishing World left, which releases today. I kind of don't want to read it, because then there'll be nothing new left until the next of her works get translated.

Book cover of 'life ceremony'. It's a bright blue cover with a picture of a round candy in a wrapper, but it's an eye ball. The title is in black in the middle, the author's name in white above it.
#WomenInTranslation#books#ShortStories
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Sarena Ulibarri

Happy #MonDog! The pup is helping me spread the word: My new short story “What Kind of Bat Is This?” is available for free this week! It’s part of @susankayequinn’s Bright Green Futures anthology, which comes out on Earth Day, but you can get my story right now.

Grab the story for free here: amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0F3XTH5TH

And enter to win a plush bat and other prizes here: lnk.to/BGFgiveaway

A corgi sleeps on the arm of a couch, with a plush bat balanced on her back.
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