Tag Archives: Glimmer Train

Well I read The Open Door; I wish that anyone who’s read this and liked it will be kind enough to comment here.  The voice was terrific in the old storytelling way.  And supposedly we’re left wondering about the open … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This final story, The Open Door by Laurence deLooze is an example of something that’s been bothering me lately in many instances of currently published contemporary short fiction; it often rambles on and on, flaunting all the rules of making … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This particular issue had a majority of good to excellent stories, well written, innovative and interesting.  But there were a couple not so great. Men in Brown by Joan Connor is about a woman’s fantasies about her UPS man, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Both of these struck me not only for their story, but for noticeable fine technique.  Which, yeah, you’re not supposed to notice but as a writer–and I’m sure Francine Prose would agree–you do indeed notice and if you can, admire. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The next selection also has illness and death as themes.  Footsteps by Yunny Chen involves a relationship between a man and a woman; long-lived, married, and in the way of this, still secretive about feelings.  There is a difference between … Continue reading → Continue reading →

All of Me, by Erika Krouse is a story about change, physical, mental and emotional.  A man is recuperating from a heart transplant operation.  A knock on his door one door bring with it a young woman who claims that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Not reading this one in the traditional manner–front to back; skipping around to what appeals at the time. Sightseeing, by Rattawut Lapcharoensap, is a short story that seems to contain all the necessary elements of method to make a story … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Strange title–Night Slides Falling to Light–for this wonderfully written story by Thomas O’Malley.  Within six pages, two murders, setting that you can feel, characters that strike an immediate chord, and a story that is beautifully woven.  One of my favorites. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’m getting old and losing patience with any waste of time.  I’ve overcome my innate need to finish what I start and so (with a bit of guilt) have learned that if a story is not enjoyable, read a bit … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Unfortunately, not as a published author, but as a character: Lucille used to look on the pines, watch them turn black against the horizon as the earth turned away from the sun, one cigarette after another, coffee making her hands … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The next two stories do have that in common; they are more literary in that one can relate to the more character, human event nature of the storylines. Although it’s one more "divorced father coping with raising a kid minus … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Hmmph.  I just got done reading a 38-page story in this issue that made me reconsider some things I thought I knew and practiced in just the last couple of days. Creed of Whispers by Joseph Flanagan is, oddly enough, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I thought it’d be a good idea to catch up on some of my short story reading backlog of lit journals, especially at a time when I myself am submitting and seeking that magic key. While I usually start in … Continue reading →

Finished this issue, and the last story is worth remarking upon.  Properties of Storm for Healing by Doug Crandall is another take on the father/son relationship–oddly there are at least three of them in this issue–that employs good writing, action, … Continue reading → Continue reading →