High Suspicion (2)
Süssmayr’s Simple FormulaFranz Xaver Süssmayr, the composer born in 1766, is only remembered for completing Mozart’s famous unfinished Requiem, a Requiem that was effectively a High Mass for Mozart’s...
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Toby’s MonocleToby wore a monocle, which in hindsight, I suppose, was a very strange thing, his having been blind in both eyes since he was born.But everyone like us sworn into the...
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Best British Short Stories 2023
SALT PUBLISHING 2022Edited by Nicholas RoyleMy previous reviews of —Nicholas Royle: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/14748-2/ Salt Publishing:...
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When the chief chef entered the lecture theatre, the audience took on a long hum of near-silence, rather than clatter and chatter. Many of us were new to the course, when its constituent courses had...
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Blindness by Henry Green
BLINDNESS: A novel (1926)I intend to real-time review some novels of Henry Green in the tradition of my other marathon reviews of 20th Century authors, and this is the second one. LOVING was reviewed...
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Words are inflammable, words about dreams as well as words in dreams; the dreams themselves are also inflammable, and there would prevail a sense of conflagration after waking, if one is allowed to...
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Concluding by Henry Green
CONCLUDING – A Novel (1948)I intend to real-time review all novels of Henry Green in the tradition of my other marathon reviews of 20th Century authors, and this is the third Green one. LOVING was...
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I used to be a frequent träumtrawler of Alexander Scriabin’s Piano Sonatas, until I went off piste with the Piano Sonatas of Pierre Boulez and Jean Barraqué. But, last night, I decided to refresh the...
View ArticleThe Waiting Room by Stephen Volk
The Waiting Room by Stephen VolkI did not want to miss the opportunity of sampling, for potential readers, a story recently published in THIS new acclaimed book collection by Stephen Volk, sampling it...
View ArticlePlease Let Go by Johnny Mains
PLEASE LET GO by Johnny MainsA new story being published in December 2023 in a re-issued ‘Frightfully Cosy and Mild Stories for Nervous Types’.A REVIEW OF IT AS PART OF MY ‘DESSEMINATION’ PROJECT...
View ArticleTHE ONE THAT GOT AWAY by Gary Fry
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY by Gary FryA short story that appeared this year in NIGHTMARE ABBEY #3, available HEREReviewed as part of my ‘Dessemination’ project HERE.***“If that had been a gassy giggle, it...
View ArticleDON’T BE CLEVER by Georgina Bruce
DON’T BE CLEVER by Georgina BrucePosted on November 18, 2023A short story in this author’s THE HOUSE ON THE MOON (Black Shuck Books 2023).My previous reviews of this author HEREReviewed as part of my...
View ArticleTHINGS BREAK DOWN by Ashley Stokes
THINGS BREAK DOWN by Ashley StokesPosted on November 19, 2023 A story recently published in Phatasmagora Magazine 23 HEREReviewed as part of my ‘Dessemination’ project HERE***“No one jostled at the...
View ArticleThe Dapper Man
When I met the Dapper Man, I thought he said something he didn’t, and I just stared at the bottom of his reflection in the shoeshop window, while listening to screams in the sky I could not explain....
View ArticleHide and Seek by Andy Humphrey
HIDE AND SEEK by Andy HumphreyPosted on November 21, 2023 A story recently published in ‘Something Peculiar’ (Black Shuck Books 2023) HEREReviewed as part of my ‘Dessemination’ project HEREMy...
View ArticleWhite Paint by Annie Neugebauer
WHITE PAINT by Annie NeugebauerA story published in ‘Cemetery Dance Magazine’ #78 (2023) HEREReviewed as part of my ‘Dessemination’ project HEREMy previous reviews of this author: HERE***“elbows...
View ArticleAntripuu by Simon Strantzas
ANTRIPUU by Simon StrantzasPosted on November 26, 2023Published in ONLY THE LIVING ARE LOST, a new collection by Simon Strantzas, published in 2023 by Hippocampus Press as described HERE.Reviewed as...
View ArticleCocooning by Christi Nogle
COCOONING by Christi NoglePublished in PROMISE, a collection by Christi Nogle, published in 2023 by Flame Tree Press: HEREReviewed as part of my ‘Dessemination’ project HEREMy previous reviews of this...
View ArticleTHE PLOT — JUST LIKE THAT
I misunderstood what he said, when Tommy Cooper said it. But then he added: “There were several traitors in England throughout its history, but have you heard of the purple one?”I shook my head. In...
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ANTRIPUU by Simon StrantzasPosted on November 26, 2023Published in ONLY THE LIVING ARE LOST, a new collection by Simon Strantzas, published in 2023 by Hippocampus Press as described HERE.Reviewed as...
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