Fannish Fifty: Short Stories

[smallhobbit]

I had been thinking of short stories a couple of days ago, so was delighted to read stonepicnicking_okapi 's post on the very subject.

I do enjoy a good short story.  Of course most of the Sherlock Holmes tales were short stories for a start.  And I've enjoyed Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, as well as those written by Cyril Hare.  And I currently have a book of Gervase Fen's tales by Edmund Crispin on my TBR shelf.

I also enjoy collections of short stories, and always buy the latest BLCC collection which is edited by Martin Edwards when it comes out.  The latest is due in October (I have it on pre-order) called Who Killed Father Christmas, it is a collection of Christmas stories, one of my favourite short story genres.

Another collector of Christmas crime short stories is Cecily Gayford and I've enjoyed her collections, even if there are occasionally crossovers.  This doesn't happen too often, as, while the BLCC confine's itself to GAD and similar stories, Gayford's collection includes more modern tales.  She's also branched out into summer tales, which again, are very entertaining.  This year her selection are of ghost stories rather than mysteries, and I'm look forward to reading it in December.

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yay for stories. And I am looking forward to your review of the Xmas stories.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much - I've got three books (two short stories, one long) lined up for December.

[rusty_armour]

It's great to get some short story recs in terms of mystery collections. I'll have to keep these collections in mind. It can be nice to read short stories for a change. :-)

[smallhobbit]

I do enjoy short stories because they are less complicated, so ideal entertainment at times.