Has anyone written and published very brief, dense prose works akin to Borges'
ficciones, and are they any good?
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posted by jack_mo
on May 16, 2006 -
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I heard it as it was dramatized on BBC World Service Radio around 2003. The story was told from the point of view of a descendant of one of the invading Martians.
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posted by micketymoc
on Apr 24, 2006 -
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Can you name short stories, preferably from the classics, about a birthday?
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posted by dov
on Apr 13, 2006 -
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Identify this story about an unhappy man, an exclusive travel agency, and a magical transporting barn. Possibly from an old Alfred Hitchcock magazine.
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posted by cribcage
on Jan 22, 2006 -
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A friend of mine is trying to identify a short story that she read in high school where conversation and sex have the opposite roles than they do in our society today.
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posted by Turd Ferguson
on Jul 30, 2005 -
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Trying to identify a short story I read in some sort of Harper's or Atlantic type magazine a few years ago.
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posted by ITheCosmos
on May 15, 2005 -
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StoryFinderFilter: Please help me find a short story that describes the homecoming of an older Shakespeare to Anne Hathaway's house. Only Shakespeare isn't Shakespeare, and the wife notices . . .
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posted by amber_dale
on May 9, 2005 -
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What with the Archbishop of Canterbury on the point of being vanquished by plain old
Doubt (not that it was much of a contest in Rowan Williams's case) I was reminded of a drama I once read as a book and later saw as a TV screenplay. An abbot of a particular monastery has secretly lost his faith, and so does not wish to lead the brothers in prayer; he always gets someone else to do this, to avoid a personal spiritual crisis caused by having to pray publicly to, as he sees it, nothing. The Catholic hierarchy of that future time, unbeknownst to him, has become entirely atheist. An agent of the curia is sent to force the abbot to the point of a self-destroying confrontation with his unbelief. The agent achieves this by manipulating him into a situation where he can't avoid being the one to lead the assembled brothers in a public prayer.
Can anyone tell me what this thing is that I remember? Title and author are entirely gone. Thanks!
posted by jfuller
on Jan 6, 2005 -
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In the mid to late 80s Dragon Magazine published a short story about a woman playing an online computer game. She made friendss with a mysterious stranger in the game who got hugely rich and shared the money with her. It was a very entertaining and prescient story, well predating mainstream online gaming. Anyone know details of who wrote it, when it appeared, etc? Is there a copy online?
posted by Nelson
on Dec 10, 2004 -
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After watching "Dawn Of the Dead" the other night, I was reminded of a story I remember from my elementary school days. Naturally, I can't remember the title. Here's the catch - I can't remember if this was a novel we read in school, or some sort of PBS series we saw in school (After giving it a bit more thought, I suppose it could be both, eh?). All I remember is the following key plot point: all adults (I believe it was anyone over age 'n') die off. No zombies or anything. [A few more details inside]
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posted by adamkempa
on Nov 8, 2004 -
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It seems my memory isn't what it used to be. I need help remembering a short story title and a movie... [more inside, of course]
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posted by cedar
on May 10, 2004 -
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Short Story Research Filter: In films, a prostitute will often ask if she can use the bathroom. I'm guessing that it's for the purpose of freshening up, but (a) does this entail anything specific? and (b) does this actually happen? (cue embarrasment at my woeful lack of knowledge / ability to ask what is probably a stupid question / the nature of the question).
posted by seanyboy
on Mar 22, 2004 -
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