Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: GOOD EVENING, MRS CRAVEN: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes

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Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Feuille D'Album by Katherine Mansfield

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Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: "Kill Now—Pay Later" by Rex Stout

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Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century

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Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: TOP TEN BEST SHORT STORY MYSTERIES OF ALL TIME (The Strand)

 Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: TOP TEN BEST SHORT STORY MYSTERIES OF ALL TIME (The Strand)

Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "Pig Labs" Will Mackin (THE NEW YORKER)

 Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "Pig Labs" Will Mackin (THE NEW YORKER)

George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #277: METROPOLITAN MYSTERIES: A CASEBOOK OF LONDON’S DETECTIVES Edited By Martin Edwards

 George Kelly: WEDNESDAY’S SHORT STORIES #277: METROPOLITAN MYSTERIES: A CASEBOOK OF LONDON’S DETECTIVES Edited By Martin Edwards

Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "How Old, How Young", John O'Hara

 Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "How Old, How Young", John O'Hara

Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "Stories: Annie Ernaux

 Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "Stories: Annie Ernaux

Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: MUTTER, Esther Yi from the New Yorker

 Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: MUTTER, Esther Yi from the New Yorker  

Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "Flipflops" from HIGH INFIDELITY, Robert Boswell

 Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "Flipflops" from HIGH INFIDELITY, Robert Boswell

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: "A Touch of Petulance" by Ray Bradbury

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Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "The Best of Everything" Richard Yates

 Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "The Best of Everything" Richard Yates

Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: A Tangle by the Rapid River, Anthony Doerr

 Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: A Tangle by the Rapid River, Anthony Doerr

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: More Stories from Three for the Chair

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: More Stories from Three for...:   A brief overview of the Nero Wolfes series by Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe is a genius who supports himself (and his household) as a private dete...

Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "Standings," Chang Rae Lee

 Patricia Abbott: Short Story Wednesday: "Standings," Chang Rae Lee

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Goodbye to Berlin by Christ...:   Description on the back of the book: Set in the 1930s, Goodbye to Berlin evokes the glamour and sleaze, excess and repression of Berlin s...

Jerry's House of Everything: SHORT STORY WEDNESDAY: BLACK BUTTERFLIES

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Short Story Wednesday Review: Merrick: A Short Story by Ben Boulden

 

From the archive...

 

Almost from the beginning, the planned robbery of the armored stage goes wrong one day in Texas. Nobody was supposed to die. Clarence Tilley, had a good plan, but he didn’t plan for everything in Merrick: A Short Story.

 

A robbery gang is only as good as its weakest link. The point is proven again and again in this fast moving western tale by Ben Boulden. Filled with plenty of action, intrigue and deceit, as well as need for justice, the story recounts how Merrick does what needs to be done to settle things as best as can be done in the hard scrabble West. Like his novel, Blaze: Red Rock Rampage, the short story, Merrick, is highly recommended. 

 

 

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Digital ARC was provided by the author for my use in an objective review.

 

 

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Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: "Lucky Dip" by Liza Cody

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: "Lucky Dip" by Liza Cody: A few weeks ago I transferred a group of books from one wire cube to a new improved one. In the back of the cube, I discovered some books I ...