http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog The Fiction Desk publishes a quarterly anthology of new short stories. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:42:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/slightly-foxed-the-other-real-readers-quarterly/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/slightly-foxed-the-other-real-readers-quarterly/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 16:22:36 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=679 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/slightly-foxed-the-other-real-readers-quarterly/feed/ 0 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/shake-off-by-mischa-hiller/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/shake-off-by-mischa-hiller/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:05:09 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=707 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/shake-off-by-mischa-hiller/feed/ 4 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-tiny-wife-by-andrew-kaufman/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-tiny-wife-by-andrew-kaufman/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:04:48 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=693 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-tiny-wife-by-andrew-kaufman/feed/ 2 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/titanic-thompson-by-kevin-cook/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/titanic-thompson-by-kevin-cook/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:49:57 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=690 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/titanic-thompson-by-kevin-cook/feed/ 0 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/nightjar-press-chapbooks/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/nightjar-press-chapbooks/#comments Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:36:53 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=685 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/nightjar-press-chapbooks/feed/ 1 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/nourishment-by-gerard-woodward/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/nourishment-by-gerard-woodward/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:38:24 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=683 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/nourishment-by-gerard-woodward/feed/ 3 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/sharp-sticks-driven-nails/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/sharp-sticks-driven-nails/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:45:26 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=672 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/sharp-sticks-driven-nails/feed/ 1 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/portrait-of-the-mother-as-a-young-woman-by-friedrich-christian-delius/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/portrait-of-the-mother-as-a-young-woman-by-friedrich-christian-delius/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 18:26:06 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=670 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/portrait-of-the-mother-as-a-young-woman-by-friedrich-christian-delius/feed/ 6 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/things-we-didnt-see-coming-by-steven-amsterdam/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/things-we-didnt-see-coming-by-steven-amsterdam/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:52:18 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=645 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/things-we-didnt-see-coming-by-steven-amsterdam/feed/ 9 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/any-human-face-by-charles-lambert/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/any-human-face-by-charles-lambert/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:56:36 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=643 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/any-human-face-by-charles-lambert/feed/ 5 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/sabra-zoo-by-mischa-hiller/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/sabra-zoo-by-mischa-hiller/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 22:01:25 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=407 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/sabra-zoo-by-mischa-hiller/feed/ 4 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/involuntary-witness-by-gianrico-carofiglio/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/involuntary-witness-by-gianrico-carofiglio/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:09:57 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=636 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/involuntary-witness-by-gianrico-carofiglio/feed/ 3 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/nazi-literature-in-the-americas-by-roberto-bolano/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/nazi-literature-in-the-americas-by-roberto-bolano/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:47:11 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=633 Nazi Literature in the Americas, now published for the first time in the UK, is a collection of fictional portraits of strange right-wing writers from the 20th century and beyond.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/nazi-literature-in-the-americas-by-roberto-bolano/feed/ 7 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/an-a-z-of-possible-worlds-a-c-tillyer/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/an-a-z-of-possible-worlds-a-c-tillyer/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:18:47 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=626 An A-Z of Possible Worlds is a collection of twenty-six short stories, each one printed as a separate booklet and collected in a red box. The stories explore aspects of imaginary places, some being direct sociological histories, while others show off their environments through an individual's crisis or a specific event.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/an-a-z-of-possible-worlds-a-c-tillyer/feed/ 4 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-original-of-laura-by-vladimir-nabokov/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-original-of-laura-by-vladimir-nabokov/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:13:26 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=616 The Original of Laura. But what are we supposed to do with it?]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-original-of-laura-by-vladimir-nabokov/feed/ 2 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-last-englishman-the-double-life-of-arthur-ransome/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-last-englishman-the-double-life-of-arthur-ransome/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:38:48 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=472 The Last Englishman: the double life of Arthur Ransome is a new biography of the Swallows and Amazons author, focussing on the years he spent in Russia during the Soviet revolution.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-last-englishman-the-double-life-of-arthur-ransome/feed/ 0 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/legend-of-a-suicide-by-david-vann/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/legend-of-a-suicide-by-david-vann/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:52:44 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=603 Legend of a Suicide is an interesting example: in the US, it's a collection of short stories built around a central novella; in its UK edition, published by Penguin, it's a novel. Neither description is inaccurate.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/legend-of-a-suicide-by-david-vann/feed/ 17 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/war-on-the-margins-by-libby-cone/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/war-on-the-margins-by-libby-cone/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:25:20 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/?p=596 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/war-on-the-margins-by-libby-cone/feed/ 0 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-impossible-stories-of-zoran-zivkovic/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-impossible-stories-of-zoran-zivkovic/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:08:04 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=581 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/the-impossible-stories-of-zoran-zivkovic/feed/ 1 http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/ramsey-campbell-probably/ http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/ramsey-campbell-probably/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:17:38 +0000 Rob http://www.thefictiondesk.com/?p=579 Ramsey Campbell, Probably, is a 2002 collection of the author's essays, reviews, and various other bits of non-fiction. It's the kind of writing I'd push into the hands of anybody who professes an interest in writers, writing, or reading.]]> http://www.thefictiondesk.com/blog/ramsey-campbell-probably/feed/ 4