Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

  • Collection Review: Matt Bell’s Where They Were Found

    Collection Review: Matt Bell’s Where They Were Found In other news, I recently attended a reading sponsored by the local university of writer Matt Bell. I was thrilled to discover that Matt Bell is apparently a fairy tale enthusiast as well as a writer of innovative, often fantastical short stories. I purchased his collection How…

  • Collection Review: At the Bottom of the Sea by Zachary Jernigan

    When Zachary Jernigan’s debut novel No Return came out earlier this year, I wished that I could review it as part of Short Story Review; alas, I could not find any justification for reviewing a novel on a website devoted to bringing more attention to short stories. Thus, when I heard that he would be…

  • Novella Review: Maurice Broaddus’ "I Can Transform You"

    Part of the Apex Voices series, Maurice Broaddus’ “I Can Transform You” is not the kind of novella that I would pick up on my own. Why? Well, for one thing, it’s a noir mystery, which is not a genre I often read. But “I Can Transform You” is a pleasant surprise, as it’s a…

  • Three Word Reviews: Five Favorites for Free Reading

    As some of you know, I was married just last Saturday. Therefore, I am bringing you a review I wrote a while back, when I had time on my hands and could foresee this future me who wouldn’t: In the interest of supporting some of my favorite short stories, and the interest of mincing words,…

  • Collection Review: Aimee Bender’s The Color Master

    Aimee Bender is one of my favorite writers, so when I heard that she was coming out with another short story collection, The Color Master, I was psyched. What I didn’t realize was that several of the stories in The Color Master are based on fairy tales. Surprise, surprise: those fairy tale stories are some…