November was a big month for short stories here - 87 read (the most since 88 in March) and 6 more collections or anthologies finished. Just read the Andrea Camilleri collection of "Early Montalbano Stories" and enjoyed it. I will be sad to finish the series now that the last book is on the way to the library. I mentioned my disappointment with the Hilma Wolitzer collection last time. I finished it (TODAY A WOMAN WENT MAD IN THE SUPERMARKET) and thought that the last story (written when she was 90), "The Great Escape," was one of the best in the book, dealing with the current pandemic.
Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.
She also authored two ebooks, MONKEY JUSTICE and HOME INVASION and co-edited DISCOUNT NOIR. She won a Derringer award for her story "My Hero." She lives outside Detroit.
Patricia (Patti) Abbott
SHOT IN DETROIT
Edgar Nominee 2017, Anthony nominee 2017
CONCRETE ANGEL
Polis Books, 2015-nominated for the Anthony and Macavity Awards
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November was a big month for short stories here - 87 read (the most since 88 in March) and 6 more collections or anthologies finished. Just read the Andrea Camilleri collection of "Early Montalbano Stories" and enjoyed it. I will be sad to finish the series now that the last book is on the way to the library. I mentioned my disappointment with the Hilma Wolitzer collection last time. I finished it (TODAY A WOMAN WENT MAD IN THE SUPERMARKET) and thought that the last story (written when she was 90), "The Great Escape," was one of the best in the book, dealing with the current pandemic.
Oh, thanks, Jeff. I still have three to read.
Nothing from me this week, sad to say.
Dealing with figurative and literal excrement on several fronts hass slowed me down, too...
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