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Review: The Rendezvous and other stories by Daphne du Maurier
The Rendezvous and other stories by Daphne du Maurier ~ 1980. This edition: Pan, 1981. Paperback. ISBN: 0-330-26554-7. 234 pages. My rating: The first and last stories in this otherwise rather mild...
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Review: The Shout and other stories by Robert Graves
The Shout and other stories by Robert Graves ~ 1965. This edition: Penguin, 1978. Paperback. ISBN: 0-14-00.4832-4. 300 pages. My rating: 7/10. A generous and widely eclectic sampling of Robert Graves’...
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Review: The Lost Salt Gift of Blood by Alistair MacLeod
The Lost Salt Gift of Blood by Alistair MacLeod ~ 1976. This edition: New Canadian Library, 1989. Afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. Paperback. ISBN: 0-7710-9969-X. 160 pages. My rating: 10/10 for the...
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Review: A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories by Robin McKinley
A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories by Robin McKinley ~ 1994. This edition: Harper Trophy, 1995. Softcover. ISBN: 0-06-44064-0. 192 pages. My rating: 8/10, with the aside that these five short...
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Review: The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley
The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley ~ 1981. This edition: Firebird (Penguin), 2003. Softcover. ISBN: 0-698-11960-6. 216 pages. My rating: 6.5/10. Nudged on by a comment from Jenny (of the former...
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The Last Few Mini-Reviews for February 2013: An Eclectic Collection Part 3
And the last late reviews from February of 2013. ***** The Little Bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon ~ 1955 This edition: New York Review Books, 2003. Hardcover. ISBN: 978-1-590170-489. 336 pages. My rating:...
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Review: The Silver Thorn by Hugh Walpole
The Silver Thorn: A Book of Stories by Hugh Walpole ~ 1928. This edition: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1928. Hardcover. 333 pages. My rating: 6.5/10 Fifteen short stories by the prolific Hugh Walpole,...
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Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling ~ 1902. This edition: The Folio Society, 1991. Illustrated by Rudyard Kipling. Hardcover. 189 pages. My rating: 7.5/10 Having been familiar with the most popular of...
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Purely Pulp – An Uneven Collection of Vintage Sci-Fi Shorts: Ellison...
Ellison Wonderland by Harlan Ellison ~ 1962. This edition: Signet, 1974. Paperback. 178 pages. My rating: Collectively, I think maybe 7/10. The individual stories vary in their appeal. In general, I...
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Indian Vignettes: Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love by Rumer and Jon Godden
Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love: Stories by Rumer and Jon Godden ~ 1989. This edition: Quill, William Morrow, 1989. Paperback. ISBN: 0-688-10965-9. 160 pages. Also published as Indian Dust in the U.K.,...
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This is how it’s done: the short story in its highest form – The Yellow Meads...
Please pay no mind to this rather dire 1980s’ cover; the content is much better than this would lead one to believe. The Yellow Meads of Asphodel by H.E. Bates ~ 1976. This edition: Penguin, 1986....
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