“In this collection, Bender’s unique talents sparkle brilliantly in stories about people searching for connection through love, sex, and family—while navigating the often painful realities of their lives. A traumatic event unfolds when a girl with flowing hair of golden wheat appears in an apple orchard, where a group of people await her. An ugly…
Tag: short story
Review: Lady Molly of Scotland Yard
Baroness Emmuska Orczy is best known for her Scarlet Pimpernel series, but in 1910 a set of her short stories was the first to feature a female detective, Molly Robertson-Kirk. Like her real-life counterparts who appeared a decade later, Lady Molly makes a great detective because she recognizes clues foreign to the experience of her…
Review: The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities
Dr. Lambshead would be considered by many to be an eccentric. A lifetime collector of the bizarre and grotesque, Lambshead was a meticulous researcher who enjoyed lending out his acquisitions. It has been suspected by many, however, that Lambshead held the strangest pieces of his collection in an underground lair only he could enter. It…
Review: Jane Austen Made Me Do It
In recent years there’s been a swell of Austen remixes, retelling, sequels, and prequels. Miss Austen may have died almost 195 years ago, but her stories are alive and well in the hearts of millions of people — including the 22 authors whose short stories make up Jane Austen Made Me Do It. The stories…