Short stories and Flash fiction
Book Review, more or less, of ‘Anna Karenina’
This is why Chekhov happened.He was raised on Dostoevsky and Tolstoy, and he said no. The loquacious masters had taken epoch-length self-examination and the quest for meaning as far as it could go, so he went with no definite meaning and definitely no endings. Fair enough.Like Dostoevsky before him and Grossman after, Tolstoy understood a…
TRAVEL VIGNETTES: London & Miami, March 2023
“…being on the seat behind Dad, when the words, “We’re going up a hill!” were followed by paternal gluteal bouncing and a ‘floop-floop’ sound.”
Of Squirrels, the United Nations and Sun Tzu
“Like a good UN Ambassador, my first instinct was to see the potent aggression and encourage the victim to step aside.”
Review of ‘3 Days in June’ by James O’Connell
3 Days in June: 3 Para’s Battle for Mt. Longdon by James O’ConnellMy rating: 5 of 5 starsThe author was motivated by the view that much of what had previously been written about the battle was very off-base, and he wanted to put the record straight. Having read some accounts of the battle I haven’t…
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