Category: Short Story

Reading Poe, Part 2: Gold-Bug, Ligeia, Maelstrom

Posted on June 9, 2017 by

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Today, I continue my short discussions of/reactions to Poe’s works. I’m still engaged with his complete short stories, and will be for a while. After finishing these, I’ll move on to his poetry. Each of these stories, like those in Poe 1, are categorized… Continue Reading “Reading Poe, Part 2: Gold-Bug, Ligeia, Maelstrom”

Category: Book Review, Edgar Allan Poe, Short Story

Reading Poe, Part 1: Rue Morgue, Marie Rogêt, and Black Cat

Posted on May 23, 2017 by

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I’m currently reading my way through the complete Edgar Allan Poe (stories and poetry), and thought I would share my reactions to a few pieces at a time. I’m going in the order presented in my anthology, which is not chronological but thematic. The… Continue Reading “Reading Poe, Part 1: Rue Morgue, Marie Rogêt, and Black Cat”

Category: Book Review, Edgar Allan Poe, Short Story

Thoughts: Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

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  Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain Final Verdict: 3.5 out of 4.0 YTD: 37 Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven is a satire of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward’s The Gates Ajar, which was published in 1868 and became… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven by Mark Twain”

Category: American Lit, Book Review, Fiction, Mark Twain, Religion, Satire, Short Story

Review: Claiming One by E.J. Runyon

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

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Claiming One by R.J. Runyon Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 23 Full Disclosure:  I received a copy of this book from the publisher, Inspired Quill, with whom I have a working relationship; however, I was not in any way involved in the… Continue Reading “Review: Claiming One by E.J. Runyon”

Category: Contemporary American, E.J. Runyon, Ethnic American, Gender Identity, Gender Studies, Giveaway, Giveaway Hop, Giveaways, Latin American, Lesbian Lit, LGBT, Monthly Review, Regionalism, Sexuality, Short Story

Review: The Haunted House by Charles Dickens

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

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The Haunted House by Charles Dickens Final Verdict: 2.75 out of 4.0 YTD: 24 Plot/Story: 3 – Plot/Story is interesting & believable. The Haunted House by Charles Dickens is actually a compilation work, with contributions from Hesba Stretton, George Augustus Sala, Adelaide Anne Procter, Wilkie… Continue Reading “Review: The Haunted House by Charles Dickens”

Category: Adelaide Anne Procter, Book Review, Charles Dickens, Compilation Fiction, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fiction, George Augustus Sala, Hesba Stretton, Literature, London Literati, Short Story, Victorian, Victorian Celebration, Wilkie Collins

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