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Carmen Maria Machado–“The Things Eric Eats Before He Eats Himself” [The 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar #20] (2019)

Posted in Canadian Content, Carmen Maria Machado, Christmas, Hingston & Olsen, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar, Yuck! on December 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 20, 2024] “The Things Eric Eats Before He Eats Himself”

This year my wife ordered me The Short Story Advent Calendar.  This is my seventh time reading the Calendar–it’s a holiday tradition!  Here’s what H&O says about the calendar this year.

Ten years of stories! Yikes, where does the time go?
When the first Short Story Advent Calendar launched, in 2015, we frankly had no clue we’d still be sitting here today, continuing to offer up batches of tasty stories fresh from the oven. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve packed the 10th SSAC with a mix of new and familiar names—ideal company for those chilly winter nights ahead.

The author of this story was Carmen Maria Machado.  Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.  This one begins with this blurb:

It’s December 20. Carmen Maria Machado, author of In the Dream House, doesn’t engage with Craigslist for this very reason.

This story’s odd title is in fact very literal. (more…)

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Damian Tarnopolsky–“Chris Cornell” [The 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar #19] (2024)

Posted in Canadian Content, Christmas, Damian Tarnopolsky, Hingston & Olsen, Isaac Babel, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 19, 2024] “Chris Cornell”

This year my wife ordered me The Short Story Advent Calendar.  This is my seventh time reading the Calendar–it’s a holiday tradition!  Here’s what H&O says about the calendar this year.

Ten years of stories! Yikes, where does the time go?
When the first Short Story Advent Calendar launched, in 2015, we frankly had no clue we’d still be sitting here today, continuing to offer up batches of tasty stories fresh from the oven. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve packed the 10th SSAC with a mix of new and familiar names—ideal company for those chilly winter nights ahead.

The author of this story was Damian Tarnopolsky.  Each day has an online component with the author with a brief (or in this case lengthy) interview.  This blurb starts things off:

It’s December 19. Damian Tarnopolsky, author of Every Night I Dream I’m a Monk, Every Night I Dream I’m a Monster, can solo just as well on an acoustic.

This story has an unusual title to be sure.  It’s even more unusual because Chris Cornell doesn’t really have anything to do with the bulk of the story.  He’s more for setting the story in time (the narrator was listening to Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog and Nirvana on CD when the story takes place). (more…)

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Alexandra Wuest–“The Exhibition” [The 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar #18] (2023)

Posted in Alexandra Wuest, Artists, Canadian Content, Christmas, Death, Hingston & Olsen, Mark Binelli, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 18, 2024] “The Exhibition”

This year my wife ordered me The Short Story Advent Calendar.  This is my seventh time reading the Calendar–it’s a holiday tradition!  Here’s what H&O says about the calendar this year.

Ten years of stories! Yikes, where does the time go?
When the first Short Story Advent Calendar launched, in 2015, we frankly had no clue we’d still be sitting here today, continuing to offer up batches of tasty stories fresh from the oven. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve packed the 10th SSAC with a mix of new and familiar names—ideal company for those chilly winter nights ahead.

The author of this story was Alexandra Wuest.  Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.  Her blurb says:

It’s December 18. Alexandra Wuest will take a paper map if you have one.

It’s not very often that this collection has an author I haven’t read before, but here’s one. (more…)

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Seth Fried–“You Again” [The 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar #17] (2021)

Posted in Canadian Content, Christmas, Death, Ghosts, Hingston & Olsen, Mark Binelli, Seth Fried, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 17, 2024| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 17, 2024] “You Again”

This year my wife ordered me The Short Story Advent Calendar.  This is my seventh time reading the Calendar–it’s a holiday tradition!  Here’s what H&O says about the calendar this year.

Ten years of stories! Yikes, where does the time go?
When the first Short Story Advent Calendar launched, in 2015, we frankly had no clue we’d still be sitting here today, continuing to offer up batches of tasty stories fresh from the oven. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve packed the 10th SSAC with a mix of new and familiar names—ideal company for those chilly winter nights ahead.

The author of this story was Seth Fried.  Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.  And this one begins:

It’s December 17. Seth Fried, author of The Municipalists, left his tap shoes in the car.

This was a fun, really short story.  Felix has died and right after he dies he reappears as himself at a party some thirty years earlier.  The night he met his wife. (more…)

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Jessica Westhead–“Conversation Over the Holidays” [The 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar #16] (2024)

Posted in Canadian Content, Christmas, Hingston & Olsen, Jessica Westhead, Racism, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 16, 2024| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 16, 2024] “Conversation Over the Holidays”

This year my wife ordered me The Short Story Advent Calendar.  This is my seventh time reading the Calendar–it’s a holiday tradition!  Here’s what H&O says about the calendar this year.

Ten years of stories! Yikes, where does the time go?
When the first Short Story Advent Calendar launched, in 2015, we frankly had no clue we’d still be sitting here today, continuing to offer up batches of tasty stories fresh from the oven. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve packed the 10th SSAC with a mix of new and familiar names—ideal company for those chilly winter nights ahead.

The author of this story was Jessica Westhead.  Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.   Here’s today’s

It’s December 16. Jessica Westhead, author of Avalanche, knows a good crab dip when she sees it.

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Jacqueline Baker–“Down Burned Road” [The 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar #15] (YEAR)

Posted in Bears, Canadian Content, Christmas, Hingston & Olsen, Jacqueline Baker, Marriage Trouble, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 15, 2024] “Down Burned Road”

This year my wife ordered me The Short Story Advent Calendar.  This is my seventh time reading the Calendar–it’s a holiday tradition!  Here’s what H&O says about the calendar this year.

Ten years of stories! Yikes, where does the time go?
When the first Short Story Advent Calendar launched, in 2015, we frankly had no clue we’d still be sitting here today, continuing to offer up batches of tasty stories fresh from the oven. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve packed the 10th SSAC with a mix of new and familiar names—ideal company for those chilly winter nights ahead.

The author of this story was Jacqueline Baker.  Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.

It’s December 15. Jacqueline Baker, author of The Broken Hours, has officially given up on Google Maps.

I’m not sure what it is about a story that makes me simply not enjoy it.  And I know it’s the case when it takes me a few days to finish even a short story. (more…)

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Adam O’Fallon Price–“The Lottery” [The 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar #14] (2024)

Posted in Adam O'Fallon Price, Canadian Content, Christmas, Hingston & Olsen, Lottery, Marriage Trouble, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 14, 2024] “The Lottery”

This year my wife ordered me The Short Story Advent Calendar.  This is my seventh time reading the Calendar–it’s a holiday tradition!  Here’s what H&O says about the calendar this year.

Ten years of stories! Yikes, where does the time go?
When the first Short Story Advent Calendar launched, in 2015, we frankly had no clue we’d still be sitting here today, continuing to offer up batches of tasty stories fresh from the oven. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve packed the 10th SSAC with a mix of new and familiar names—ideal company for those chilly winter nights ahead.

The author of this story was Adam O’Fallon Price.  Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.

It’s December 14. Adam O’Fallon Price, author of The Hotel Neversink, answered the skill-testing question with time to spare.

This was a story that when from big highs to dark lows pretty quickly.  As the story opens a recently married couple (Paul and Laura) has just won the lottery.  And we quickly learn how different the two are by what they decide to do with the winning ticket–not the money, the ticket. (more…)

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Marjorie Bowen–“The Crown Derby Plate” [The 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar #13] (1931)

Posted in Canadian Content, Charles Dickens, Christmas, Ghosts, Hingston & Olsen, Marjorie Bowen, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 13, 2024] “The Crown Derby Plate”

This year my wife ordered me The Short Story Advent Calendar.  This is my seventh time reading the Calendar–it’s a holiday tradition!  Here’s what H&O says about the calendar this year.

Ten years of stories! Yikes, where does the time go?
When the first Short Story Advent Calendar launched, in 2015, we frankly had no clue we’d still be sitting here today, continuing to offer up batches of tasty stories fresh from the oven. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve packed the 10th SSAC with a mix of new and familiar names—ideal company for those chilly winter nights ahead.

The author of this story was Marjorie Bowen.  Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.  Although today doesn’t have an interview just this blurb:

It’s December 13. Marjorie Bowen, a prolific British author who wrote more than 150 historical romances, popular history, and supernatural and horror stories, died in 1952 and did not respond to requests for comment.

I was recently saying that it’s interesting how ghost stories seem to be a part of Christmas tradition (more so in England it seems) that has gone by the wayside (A Christmas Carol notwithstanding). (more…)

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Christopher Boucher–“Shopping Cart” [The 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar #12] (2024)

Posted in Canadian Content, Christmas, Christopher Boucher, Hingston & Olsen, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 12, 2024] “Shopping Cart”

This year my wife ordered me The Short Story Advent Calendar.  This is my seventh time reading the Calendar–it’s a holiday tradition!  Here’s what H&O says about the calendar this year.

Ten years of stories! Yikes, where does the time go?
When the first Short Story Advent Calendar launched, in 2015, we frankly had no clue we’d still be sitting here today, continuing to offer up batches of tasty stories fresh from the oven. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve packed the 10th SSAC with a mix of new and familiar names—ideal company for those chilly winter nights ahead.

The author of this story was Christopher Boucher.  Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.  It opens with this:

It’s December 12. Christopher Boucher, author of Big Giant Floating Head, would also have used a basket in a pinch.

I enjoy a story that is absurd and is willing to see it through. (more…)

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Elizabeth Gonzales James–“Children of a Careless God” [The 2024 Short Story Advent Calendar #11] (2020)

Posted in Canadian Content, Cats, Christmas, Death, Hingston & Olsen, Mark Binelli, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar, Yuck! on December 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 11, 2024] “Children of a Careless God”

This year my wife ordered me The Short Story Advent Calendar.  This is my seventh time reading the Calendar–it’s a holiday tradition!  Here’s what H&O says about the calendar this year.

Ten years of stories! Yikes, where does the time go?
When the first Short Story Advent Calendar launched, in 2015, we frankly had no clue we’d still be sitting here today, continuing to offer up batches of tasty stories fresh from the oven. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve packed the 10th SSAC with a mix of new and familiar names—ideal company for those chilly winter nights ahead.

The author of this story was Elizabeth Gonzales James.  Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.  And this one opens:

It’s December 11. Elizabeth Gonzales James, author of Mona at Sea, could have sworn there were more fish in that aquarium a minute ago.

This was a disturbing story. (more…)

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