December 25, 2023 by Paul Debraski
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[READ: December 25, 2023] “So Much Heart”
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 Drew Buxton. Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.
It’s December 25. To officially conclude the 2023 Short Story Advent Calendar, here is a story about family, friends, and mysterious suitcases stuffed full of cash.
This story features both Bigfoot and D.B. Cooper.
Set in Oregon, two young kids Collin and Shelley go into the woods with a film camera looking for Bigfoot. Continue Reading »
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December 24, 2023 by Paul Debraski
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[READ: December 24, 2023] “The Burglar’s Christmas”
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 Willa Cather. Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.
It’s December 24. Willa Cather, author of O Pioneers! and My Antonia, died in 1947. “The Burglar’s Christmas” first appeared, under a pseudonym, in Home Monthly in 1896.
Yesterday was grifters, today it’s burglars. Continue Reading »
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December 23, 2023 by Paul Debraski
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[READ: December 23, 2023] “Holiday”
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 David Ryan. Each day has an online component with the author with a brief interview.
It’s December 23. David Ryan, author of Animals in Motion, would like to open a chequing account.
I happened to be listening to an audio book about a family of grifters–something that I feel like I don’t hear about all that often. And yet here was a random short story in this collection that is also about a grifter.
Jeremy and Sophia are in bed together. They have been a couple for a short time, and Sophia has just told him the Lost in the Bank story (her parents lost her in a bank). Jeremy: Were they high? Sophia: Probably. Continue Reading »
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December 22, 2023 by Paul Debraski
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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). Continue Reading »
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December 21, 2023 by Paul Debraski
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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. Continue Reading »
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December 20, 2023 by Paul Debraski
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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. Continue Reading »
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December 19, 2023 by Paul Debraski
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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). Continue Reading »
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December 18, 2023 by Paul Debraski
[DID NOT ATTEND: December 18, 2023] Wax Jaw / Trash Boy / Jim E. Brown
I was pretty excited to go to this show. I had seen Wax Jaw a few months ago and they were outstanding. This was to be their last show of the year and it was back on home turf. It was also going to be my last show of the year and it seemed like a great one to go out on.
Then it rained. And rained. And rained. Our area was flooded like crazy–schools closed, rivers overflowing, the works. I probably could have still gone to the show. It looked like Philly wasn’t as badly affected as my area was, but when I looked on the map, it did suggest that there were flooding issues along the way and around the venue. It just didn;t seem like it was worth going to the hassle.
So I stayed home.
Bummer.
I’ve seen a couple of videos and the show looks insane. I hope someone has recorded the whole show. Continue Reading »
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December 18, 2023 by Paul Debraski
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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.
Continue Reading »
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December 17, 2023 by Paul Debraski
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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. Continue Reading »
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