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Anton Chekov–“Boys” [The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar #22] (1887)

Posted in Anton Chekhov, Canadian Content, Christmas, Hingston & Olsen, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 22, 2023] “Boys”

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

The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of individual short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.  Now in its ninth year, the SSAC is back to once again bring readers a deluxe, peppermint-fresh collection of 25 short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.

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

It’s December 22. Anton Chekhov, one of the greatest Russian writers of all time, died in 1904. His story “At Christmas Time” appeared in the 2016 Short Story Advent Calendar, among other places.

This story was translated by Constance Garnett (who died in 1946). (more…)

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Binnie Kirshenbaum–“The Gift of the Magi Revisited” [The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar #21] (2020)

Posted in Binnie Kirshenbaum, Canadian Content, Christmas, Hingston & Olsen, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 21, 2023] “The Gift of the Magi Revisited”

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

The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of individual short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.  Now in its ninth year, the SSAC is back to once again bring readers a deluxe, peppermint-fresh collection of 25 short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.

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

It’s December 21. Binnie Kirshenbaum, author of Rabbits for Food, can’t find the receipt, so will settle for store credit.

I was concerned when I saw the title of this one because it’s a lot to reference a stone-cold classic in the title of your story and then say you are revisiting it.  I feared the worst: either Kirshenbaum would try to improve on the story or she would make a kind of anti-Gift of the Magi, which would be negative and nasty. (more…)

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Leopoldine Core–“The Skull” [The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar #20] (2023)

Posted in Canadian Content, Christmas, Hingston & Olsen, Leopoldine Core, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 20, 2023] “The Skull”

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

The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of individual short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.  Now in its ninth year, the SSAC is back to once again bring readers a deluxe, peppermint-fresh collection of 25 short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.

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

It’s December 20. Leopoldine Core, author of When Watched, steers clear of Facebook Marketplace.

This was a short story about, yes, a skull.  (more…)

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Michael LaPointe–“Private Hands” [The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar #19] (2021)

Posted in Canadian Content, Christmas, Hingston & Olsen, Jimi Hendrix, Museum of the Dandelion, Provenance, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar, The Walrus on December 19, 2023| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 19, 2023] “Private Hands”

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

The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of individual short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.  Now in its ninth year, the SSAC is back to once again bring readers a deluxe, peppermint-fresh collection of 25 short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.

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

It’s December 19. Michael LaPointe, author of The Creep, has a line on a shoe once worn by Jerry Garcia.

I’ve read a lot of short stories over the years and I keep this blog as a way to remember them.  But it’s cool when I can start a story and recognize it.  I read this story over two and a half years ago in The Walrus, but it rang familiar after the first few paragraphs.  Interesting that i didn’t remember how it ended.

Harvey has a lot of rarities that he sells.  He is trying to sell a 1963 Fender Strat that Jimi Hendrix played at the Juggy Sound Studio.  He asks $500,000 but he knows it’s too much (Harvey overpaid for it and wants to make some money back). (more…)

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Colin Winnette–“Ghost Mountain Island Murder Mystery” [The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar #18] (2014)

Posted in Canadian Content, Christmas, Colin Winnette, Hingston & Olsen, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 18, 2023] “Ghost Mountain Island Murder Mystery”

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

The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of individual short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.  Now in its ninth year, the SSAC is back to once again bring readers a deluxe, peppermint-fresh collection of 25 short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.

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

It’s December 18. Colin Winnette, author of Users, isn’t sure that the snake is part of the experience.

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Sara Lippmann–“Swanee” [The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar #17] (2014)

Posted in Canadian Content, Christmas, Hingston & Olsen, Sara Lippmann, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 17, 2023] “Swanee”

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

The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of individual short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.  Now in its ninth year, the SSAC is back to once again bring readers a deluxe, peppermint-fresh collection of 25 short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.

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

It’s December 17. Sara Lippmann, author of Jerks, removes her shoes before entering the ball pit.

I really liked the tone of this story, and I liked a lot of the content.  But I felt a little confused by the story in a few points. (more…)

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Algernon Blackwood–“The Kit-Bag” [The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar #16] (1908)

Posted in Algernon Blackwood, Canadian Content, Christmas, Hingston & Olsen, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 16, 2023] “The Kit-Bag”

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

The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of individual short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.  Now in its ninth year, the SSAC is back to once again bring readers a deluxe, peppermint-fresh collection of 25 short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.

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

It’s December 16. Algernon Blackwood, a prolific English author of ghost stories, died in 1951. His story “The Glamour of the Snow” appeared in the 2018 Short Story Advent Calendar, among other places.

Algernon Blackwood wrote a spooky story for the 2018 Short Story Advent Calendar.  It held up very well.  As does this one.

The story opens with the end of a court case.  A murderer (the defense attorney knew he was guilty) was found not guilty.  But the defense attorney was not pleased by the result.  He just wanted the case to be over. (more…)

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Deb Olin Unferth–“My Friend Goo” [The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar #15] (2022)

Posted in Canadian Content, Christmas, Deb Olin Unferth, Geese, Hingston & Olsen, Pandemic, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 15, 2023| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 15, 2023] “My Friend Goo”

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

The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of individual short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.  Now in its ninth year, the SSAC is back to once again bring readers a deluxe, peppermint-fresh collection of 25 short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.

The author of this story was Deb Olin Unferth.  Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.

It’s December 15. Deb Olin Unferth, author of Barn 8, looks through her hair like she doesn’t care.

This is a pandemic story.  In the story the narrator and her husband are having relationship trouble.  Primarily, her husband is exploring religious options which the narrator is not supportive of. (more…)

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Paul Cresey–“Old Friends” [The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar #14] (2023)

Posted in Canadian Content, Christmas, Hingston & Olsen, Hockey, Paul Cresey, Short Story, Stanley Cup, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 14, 2023] “Old Friends”

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

The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of individual short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.  Now in its ninth year, the SSAC is back to once again bring readers a deluxe, peppermint-fresh collection of 25 short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.

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

It’s December 14. Paul Cresey, author of Exit Strategies, opposes fighting, except in the Battle of Alberta.

This story begins around the 1988-89 hokey season when the Calgary Flames won the Cup. (more…)

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Melissa Broder–“Hamburger Baby” [The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar #13] (2023)

Posted in Babies, Canadian Content, Christmas, Hingston & Olsen, Huh?, Melissa Broder, Pregnancy, Short Story, The Short Story Advent Calendar on December 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »

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[READ: December 13, 2023] “Hamburger Baby”

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

The 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of individual short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.  Now in its ninth year, the SSAC is back to once again bring readers a deluxe, peppermint-fresh collection of 25 short stories from some of the best writers in North America and beyond.

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

It’s December 13. Melissa Broder, author of Death Valley, considers the DockATot.

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