The Carpetmaker’s Son by Andreas Eschbach

The Carpet Makers is one of my favorite sf books of the last twenty years, and I do not say Continue reading →

A General in the Library by Italo Calvino

This is my 150th recommendation, and it also happens to be this website’s one-year anniversary. And you know what? It’s Continue reading →

The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

I read today’s story for the first time only recently, though it had been on my reading list for a Continue reading →

Got a Letter from Jimmy by Shirley Jackson

As a reader I have my biases (who doesn’t), and one of them is that I am often left frustrated Continue reading →

Creating the Innocent Killer by John Kessel

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card has an enormous appeal to teens. Admittedly I’m not one of them, as I Continue reading →

Ender’s Game (novelette) by Orson Scott Card

So, Ender’s Game. I hear there’s a film out. I recall it was an enjoyable little novel, albeit nowhere near Continue reading →

Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut by Stephen King

I wouldn’t call this a horror story. Granted, there’s something quite unsettling about the titular shortcut, a sense of the Continue reading →

Blessed by Helen Marshall

Sometimes I finish a collection of stories and I’m at a loss to choose which to talk about, because there Continue reading →