Amber Fang 3: Revenge, by Arthur Slade (0:53)
Today we see that an uneven tone can be disorienting, especially on the first page. What I gleaned about the story: Our heroine, a vampire, is on a sunny beach….
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Time Code: The Best Collection of 52 Stories You Should Be Reading This Year, by Charles Eugene Anderson (0:36)
Today we see that if you’re going to put not one, but two claims of excellence in your subtitle, you’d really better deliver the goods. What I gleaned about the…
Grave Clouds: & Other Dark Tales, by John Allen (1:04)
Today we see that frequent inconsistencies combine to erode the reader’s confidence in the author. What I gleaned about the stories: Self-destructing media are a powerful inspiration for an author….
Like Life Itself: Ten Short Stories, by BP Broome (4:07)
Today we see that typesetting conventions keep the text out of the reader’s way. What I gleaned about the stories: If it exists, someone will pay for video of it….
Scaring the Crows: 21 Tales for Noon or Midnight, by Gregory Miller (10:13)
Today we see that if you tell readers too loudly that your book is great, they’ll assume you don’t trust your stories to stand on their own. What I gleaned…