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  • A Little Less Conversation Please!

    Edward Hopper’s Room in New York… And there is a link to this week’s Short Story Sunday, I promise… Just read on… It’s Sunday again (it does seem to come round very quickly), and that means it’s time for another… Continue reading

  • Crime Ration with Maigret

    I’m not the greatest fan of crime fiction – I don’t like descriptions of blood and gore – but I do like the Maigretbooks, and you don’t often see them around, so I was delighted to pick up three in… Continue reading

  • Short Story Sunday: The Music Box

    The Music Box, by Malachi Whitaker, reminded me of DH Lawrence – the setting, that is, not the style. Short story writer Malachi Whitaker. Here we have a sensitive woman and her timid young son living in a grim, bleak,… Continue reading

  • Books by Post!

    Woo hoo! Every day this week the postman has delivered a book (or books), thanks to my lovely Mother, who gave me some money when I was staying with her last week, and told me to treat myself – so… Continue reading

  • Short Story Sunday: A Seaside Holiday

    It’s Week Five of my Short Story Adventure, and I’m on the fourth tale in The Persephone Book of Short Stories. Holiday Group, by the wonderful EM Delafield (of Provincial Lady fame, hereand here), shows how summer breaks, however eagerly… Continue reading