Short Story Advent Calendar, Days 2 & 3: Enrique Vila-Matas and Anthony Doerr
Days 2 and 3 of the 2019 Short Story Advent Calendar highlight the stylistic range on display.
Hingston and Olsen’s Short Story Advent Calendar celebrates five years
Editor Michael Hingston and designer Natalie Olsen celebrate five years of producing the Short Story Advent Calendar.
Brief encounters: “The Body-Snatcher” by Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1884 chiller “The Body-Snatcher” is a tale of supernatural horror with moral overtones.
Brief encounters: “A Member of the Family” by Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark’s pitiless treatment of her characters is on full display in the merciless irony of “A Member of the Family.”