Monthly Archives: November 2023

Bird Life by Anna Smaill – 2023

Posted on November 23, 2023 by alysonebaker

Dinah Glover has fled to Tokyo from Oamaru, Aotearoa. She is living in prime real estate Itabashi, yet her apartment building and surroundings are weirdly deserted. Yasuko Kinoshita fled to Tokyo from Sapporo years ago, she is beautiful, immaculate, and … Continue reading →

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His Favourite Graves by Paul Cleave – 2023

Posted on November 18, 2023 by alysonebaker

Sheriff James Cohen is struggling with an aged and impaired father, a recalcitrant teenaged son, a wife who loves him but who has left him, and growing legal and financial woes. Then local crime-writer/heavy-drinker Peter Conner calls in to say … Continue reading →

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Audition by Pip Adam – 2023

Posted on November 15, 2023 by alysonebaker

“I tried to sigh,” Alba says. “But that banged my head into the roof.” Alba is not in a good way – she is squashed into a small space getting increasingly smaller. She is with Stanley and Drew, who are … Continue reading →

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Some Things Wrong by Thomas Pors Koed – 2023

Posted on November 11, 2023 by alysonebaker

Is the narrator imprisoned? Infirm or otherwise incapacitated? Is he mentally compromised? Is he a detained dissident, a barefooted tramp, or has he been imprisoned for fratricide? He seems aged and frail, we know he absconds at one point, towards … Continue reading →

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Taken by Alex Stone – 2023

Posted on November 4, 2023 by alysonebaker

Four stories narrated by four individuals, each on a continent far away from their homeland. Each story from a different time and place. The narrators are all forced to endure life rather than enjoy it. Three of the stories appear … Continue reading →

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