short stories

Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes

Fantasy & Supernatural
Two and Twenty Dark Tales

When I saw the short story collection, Two and Twenty Dark Tales: Dark Retellings of Mother Goose Rhymes, it just seemed perfect for Halloween. Who didn’t grow up chanting their favorite rhymes from Mother Goose? Many of the rhymes, riddles and nursery songs we learned as children actually had their roots in adult versions as [...]

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On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave by Candace Fleming

Children
On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave

I was in a quirky kind of mood the day I saw the book cover for On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave by award-winning author Candace Fleming. Yep, I fell for another book cover. As it turns out, this is a fun, quirky book filled with YA ghost stories. Maybe I should [...]

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Lily in the Snow & Other Elemental Tales: Book Review & Giveaway

Children
Lily in the Snow & Other Elemental Tales

We’re participating in the Fairy Tale Giveaway Hop, and our giveaway for that hop is Lily in the Snow & Other Elemental Tales by Christine E. Schulze. This collection of short stories and novella-length stories includes 6 tales about different elementals, all of which read a bit like classic fairy tales. I haven’t read many [...]

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Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories by Megan Mahew Bergman

Fiction
Birds of a Lesser Paradise

Okay, I admit it. Another book cover got me. There was just something about that little owl that reminded me of growing up in the North Carolina mountains. I had no idea how fitting that was when I requested an advance readers’ copy of Birds of a Lesser Paradise. Megan Mahew Bergman also grew up [...]

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Book Giveaway & Review: Drifting House by Krys Lee

Cross Cultural
Drifting House

We live in a world that grows smaller by the minute, so PopcornReads.com likes to provide reviews of cross-cultural novels. When I saw the publisher’s description of Drifting House by Krys Lee, I realized we haven’t reviewed any books about Koreans and Korean Americans. This looked like an ideal opportunity to learn more about that [...]

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The Artist of Disappearance: Stories of Art vs. Reality by Anita Desai

Cross Cultural
The Artist of Disappearance

Anita Desai has been short-listed three times for the Booker Prize. I had heard wonderful things about her stories, so I was really happy to get a digital advance reader’s copy of The Artist of Disappearance. In this series of three novellas, she brings us stories of what happens when the perception of art meets [...]

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