Scott Pack's Profile | TypePad

This is Scott Pack's TypePad Profile.

Join TypePad and start following Scott Pack's activity

Join Now!

Already a member? Sign In

Scott Pack

Recent Activity

After the Gunshot

Story: After the Gunshot Author: Lee Ji Myung Collection: Words Without Borders The current issue of the online magazine Words Without Borders looks at writing from North Korea and includes a mixture of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. I tried out one of the stories on offer but, to be honest,... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at Me And My Short Stories

0

The Slave House

Story: The Slave House Author: Charles Lambert Collection: The Slave House The ebook was supposed to be the saviour of the short story. By now we should all be reading them on our commute to work. It didn't happen. With so many full-length novels available at 99p or below, is... Continue reading

Posted May 11, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Fjord of Killary

Story: Fjord of Killary Author: Kevin Barry Collection: Dark Lies the Island When I mentioned I was about to give up on this decidedly average collection more than one person urged me to continue. So I did. I needn't have bothered. This story - a poet buys a remote hotel... Continue reading

Posted Apr 17, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Story: He Author: Dorris Lessing Collection: Collected Stories Volume One: To Room Nineteen I picked this up at the Staines train station charity bookshelf one night last week. I made a suitable donation for the retired train workers. It was very much a win-win situation. As is my habit, I... Continue reading

Posted Apr 16, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Story: Wifey Redux Author: Kevin Barry Collection: Dark Lies the Island A husband narrates us through a digest version of his marriage to date and brings us to the present day: both he and wife a bit fatter, a little less in love but still happy, and a 17-year-old daughter... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

The Mathematics of Sunshine

Story: The Mathematics of Sunshine Author: Tania Hershman Collection: My Mother Was An Upright Piano A female scientist spends 24 hours calibrating a neutrino counter. Her mind starts to go a bit wonky towards the end. As does this story. In a good way. I have enjoyed most of the... Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Story: Expectations Author: Peter Stamm Collection: We're Flying Daphne can hear the person in the apartment above hers. She can hear footsteps, chairs dragging, the scrapes and clicks and cracks of everyday life. She has always assumed it to be an elderly woman making these noises but one day they... Continue reading

Posted Apr 4, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Intercourse with Resuscitated Wife

Story: Intercourse with Resuscitated Wife Author: Ben Marcus Collection: The Age of Wire and String This avant-garde story collection was first published in 1995 when the author was still in his 20s. I read it back then. I was also in my 20s. It was the most pretentious load of... Continue reading

Posted Apr 1, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Story: A Loyal Friend Author: Tania Hershman Collection: My Mother Was An Upright Piano Three paragraphs which explore the fickleness of friendship. Nicely done. Rating: *** Continue reading

Posted Mar 28, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Hope it all goes well.

Commented Mar 22, 2013 on Update... at dovegreyreader scribbles

1 reply

Story: Waiting Author: Osamu Dazai Collection: Online I was directed towards this story by the excellent, and it really is excellent, Readings in Translated Japanese Literature blog. It would appear that the translator, Angus Turvill, has popped it online for free. I urge you to check it out. After war... Continue reading

Posted Mar 21, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Frost Mountain Picnic Massacre

Story: Frost Mountain Picnic Massacre Author: Seth Fried Collection: The Great Frustration: Stories Every story in this collection has a cracking opening line. Try this for size: Last year, the people in charge of the picnic blew us up. See? And if few of them manage to build on a... Continue reading

Posted Mar 16, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

We Will Be There

Story: We Will Be There Author: Tania Hershman Collection: My Mother Was An Upright Piano The thing with very short fiction, and flash fiction in particular, is that it doesn't have long to make its impact. As a result, more thoughtful pieces, some of which may work in longer form,... Continue reading

Posted Mar 12, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

The King of Norway

Story: The King of Norway Author: Amos Oz Collection: Between Friends Full marks to Chatto & Windus for hiding the fact that this is a story collection. Nowhere on the cover, blurb or inside is there a hint that the contents are eight short stories rather than one fat novel.... Continue reading

Posted Mar 8, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Reeling for the Empire

Story: Reeling for the Empire Author: Karen Russell Collection: Vampires in the Lemon Grove In the Meiji era of Japan a shortage of silk worms leads to drastic measures. Young women are sold off to factories and undergo a transformation. Soon they are producing copious amounts of silk thread themselves.... Continue reading

Posted Feb 20, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Jumping Jennifer

Story: Jumping Jennifer Author: Adam Marek Collection: Instruction Manual for Swallowing I am three stories in to this collection and it is fast becoming one of the best I have read in the two and a bit years I have been writing this blog. At a college campus a beautiful... Continue reading

Posted Feb 11, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

The Fifth Bee Gee

Story: The Fifth Bee Gee Author: Peter Manson Collection: Quick Fictions A man commits suicide by inhaling a lethal dose of helium. Obviously suicide isn't funny but, on the other hand, this story is hilarous. Bleak, I grant you, but hilarious nonetheless. It is a very short story I discovered... Continue reading

Posted Feb 9, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Story: Julio Iglesias Author: Haruki Murakami Collection: Murakmai Diary Another story from the Murakami Diary app. This one is about a couple who are being terrorised by a sea turtle (I assume it is of unusual size) and have run out of mosquito coils which, until now, have been the... Continue reading

Posted Feb 6, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Vampires in the Lemon Grove

Story: Vampires in the Lemon Grove Author: Karen Russell Collection: Vampires in the Lemon Grove Karen Russell's recent novel, Swamplandia, seemed to impress the critics. I have no idea if anyone actually bought it or not but I definitely detected a positive reception through the internet vibes so I shall... Continue reading

Posted Feb 4, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

2

The Elasticity of Bone

Story: The Elasticity of Bone Author: D.W. Wilson Collection: Once You Break a Knuckle D.W. Wilson won the BBC National Short Story Award in 2011 for a gritty road story which I thought was a bit of a pain, to be honest. Nonetheless, I somehow managed to put this collection... Continue reading

Posted Feb 3, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

4

Story: Wrench Author: Haruki Murakami Collection: Murakmai Diary How's this for modern? This latest Murakami story is available exclusively on the new Murakami Diary app, a fancy new gadgety thing for your iPhone or iPad. This first story appears on 13th January and tells of Mayumi, a young woman who... Continue reading

Posted Jan 21, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Belly Full of Rain

Story: Belly Full of Rain Author: Adam Marek Collection: Instruction Manual for Swallowing When Brendan accompanies Doris to her ultrasound scan he doesn't expect there to be multiple foetuses. To be fair, neither does Doris. Parents, particularly those of newborn babies, should look away now. 'How many?' Brendan managed to... Continue reading

Posted Jan 14, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Story: Sum Author: David Eagleman Collection: Sum: Tales from the Afterlives This little book became a massive word-of-mouth hit a few years back with everyone from Brian Eno to Stephen Fry raving about it. And it is a neat concept: a bunch of very short stories each set in a... Continue reading

Posted Jan 10, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Story: Oystercatchers Author: Neil Campbell Collection: Short Fiction Journal A frustrating story, but only because I would have liked it to be longer. I was just getting into it when it ended. A small number of paragraphs link together to tell the story of an affair between Tom and Susannah.... Continue reading

Posted Jan 8, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

Story: Victory Lap Author: George Saunders Collection: Tenth of December It takes a brave writer to make the first story of a collection an incomprehensible load of old twaddle but when you are George Saunders and you have the critical world masturbating frantically at your every word you can probably... Continue reading

Posted Jan 6, 2013 at Me And My Short Stories

0

More...

Subscribe to Scott Pack’s Recent Activity