Category Archives: short stories

ULYSSES+

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Lizzie Ross

You may already know that 2022 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses, which I first read about 50 years ago, while a senior at university. The professor organized the class so that we read a … Continue reading →

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#WitchWeek2020 Day 4: M R James and the Gothic Tradition

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Lizzie Ross

In this post, guest blogger Jean takes us to the world of M. R. James, famous for his creepy gothic tales, which have inspired several 20th and 21st century authors. Jean is a librarian blogging at Howling Frog Books who … Continue reading →

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Quickly, now

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Lizzie Ross

A big trip is coming up, and before departure I’m racing through some last minute e-books from the NYPL (see below). Can’t send them back un-read! I’m also pulling out a nearly abandoned manuscript to revive/revise for a writing retreat … Continue reading →

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Weird combinations and scary dreams

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Lizzie Ross

Yep, I’m definitely craving odd-ball books these days. Here are 2 more for your consideration: Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman (2006, 2013, NYPL e-book). Another collection of Gaiman’s writings, most of which come a là macabre. The book includes short stories … Continue reading →

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Shore leave ends

Posted on November 23, 2019 by Lizzie Ross

Last night I finished The Secret Commonwealth (Vol 2 of Pullman’s follow-up series to His Dark Materials) and sent it back (virtually, and virtuously) to the NYPL. By now, another patient reader has begun this dark and compelling tale. I … Continue reading →

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I don’t mind unhappy endings

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Lizzie Ross

This week, Helen at a gaullimaufry is celebrating Sylvia Townsend Warner, a 20th century British novelist, poet, and short story writer. Since Townsend Warner is one of my favorite authors, I’m joining Helen and others in trying to convince everyone … Continue reading →

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OK, so what’d I miss?

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Lizzie Ross

Two months since my last post? How did that happen? Oh, right. Work. I’m at the tail end of my penultimate semester of teaching. My final school task this month is to grade a 3-inch stack of papers. Meanwhile, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Summer omnibus, part 2

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Lizzie Ross

More from my summer’s reading: Aaron Starmer, The Riverman (2014). In upstate New York, near the Canadian border, Alistair Cleary lives a normal life of taking dangerous dares and avoiding nosy neighbors. Then Fiona Loomis, not yet 13, asks him to write her biography. She tells him about an … Continue reading →

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Sensing a trend

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Lizzie Ross

I just learned of two calls for “dragon stories”. One asks for feisty heroine+dragon and the other wants princess+dragon. So I’m thinking of favorite dragon tales: Kenneth Grahame’s The Reluctant Dragon (1898), E Nesbit’s The Book of Dragons (1900), and Ruth Stiles … Continue reading →

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