I know I’ve beaten the whole “I-hate-short-stories-unless-they-are-by-Neil-Gaiman” horse carcass before, BUT I may be turning a corner on short stories.  Are they wearing me down?  Or am I finally finading short story authors that more align with my tastes (or lack thereof)?  Why not both! One word of gripe about this one, though, Russell doesn’t seem concerned with first impressions.  The first story in the collection – Ava Wrestles the Alligator – flirted too much in that magical realism plan that I can never quite […]