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Title: The World's Shortest Stories of Love and Death: Passion, Betrayal, Suspicion, Revenge, All This and More in a New Collection of Amazing Short Stories-Each One Just 55 Words Long by Steve Moss, John M. Daniel, Glen Starkey ISBN: 0-7624-0698-4 Publisher: Running Press Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.27 (11 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Moderately entertaining
Comment: "Shortest Stories of Love and Death" is one title that cannot be seen without being examined. Whatis actually inside is less scintillating, while still being a moderately entertaining read and a very good idea.
The contents have short stories, written in fewer than 55 lines and written on the subject of love, death, or both. This "prose haiku" is known as a drabble, a story of under one hundred words, and is sometimes effective in evocating certain ideas.
A lot of the stories are quite amusing, like the bizarre "Bon Appetit," wry "Fire Next Time," wink-nod drabble "Gertrude's Soliquoy" for fans of Shakespeare, wryly dark "Plan B," and the hilarious "To Air is Human." But, in a collection of many people's stories, there are also the too-weird-to-be-amusing, the grisly, and sometimes the plain dumb. "Denial on his Lips" was something I simply did not understand. "Type-A Personality" was apparently supposed to be funny, but wasn't; likewise with "Top Bananas and Rotten Apples."
Like all short story collections written by many people, this is a very mixed bag with the good and the bad intermingled. Nevertheless, if readers are in the mood for some very brief reading, they might enjoy this.
Rating: 4
Summary: An enjoyable short-short collection
Comment: "The World's Shortest Stories of Love and Death," edited by Steve Moss and John M. Daniel, is an anthology of stories that do not exceed 55 words in length. The introduction refers to the 55-word story as a "sub-genre of the short story." This collection demonstrates the possibilities of this sub-genre.
The stories cover a broad range of subject matter: technology, murder, sexual orientation, greed, lust, etc. The editors include science fiction and the supernatural. There are riffs on established literary works, and lots of pop culture references.
Although some selections are gimmicky, overall this is a good collection. A number of stories end with a twist. The book ends with a section entitled "How to Write a 55-Word Story," which should be particularly useful for teachers.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wicked good!
Comment: This sweet little collection of very humorous,sad, and horrific(and that is in just one story)short stories is a lot of fun to read.Just like pistachio nuts...can't stop at one...so I read it all in one sitting...which isn't difficult of course!I'm buying the rest in the series today.
Remember: This is no huge novel filled with profound thoughts on every page. This is a little tiny book,filled with profound thoughts on every page!So chill out and accept it for what it is: A fun read...most of the time...and keep an eye out for sadness just around the corner.
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Title: The World's Shortest Stories: Murder, Love, Horror, Suspense, All This and Much More in the Most Amazing Short Stories Ever Written, Each One Just 55 Words Long by Steve Moss ISBN: 0762403004 Publisher: Running Press Pub. Date: February, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Flash Fiction: Very Short Stories by James Thomas, Denise Thomas, Tom Hazuka ISBN: 0393308839 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: July, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Micro Fiction: An Anthology of Really Short Stories by Jerome Stern ISBN: 0393314324 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: 75 Short Masterpeices by Roger Goodman ISBN: 0553251414 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 1985 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Sudden Fiction by Robert Shapard, James Thomas ISBN: 0879052651 Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: March, 1987 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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