These miniature masterpieces all have a central truth and plausibility that seems to vanish in an ending that can be anything from wry, to shocking to hallucinatory. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces, then we have all gained something.Īmbrose Bierce is an author whose words take us one way and then send us another. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking about our choices and about those you would have made. Throughout the volume our authors, whether of instant recognition or new to you, are all leviathans of literature. This irony erupts at the end of the story. The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories, which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. In The Boarded Window, that element is situational irony: when the outcome is different than what is expected for both the audience and the characters. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. A few words can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.
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