{"id":4187,"date":"2013-11-24T10:46:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T15:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=4187"},"modified":"2018-04-26T09:55:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T13:55:05","slug":"the-collected-short-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4187","title":{"rendered":"The Collected Short Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DJHHJYG\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B00DJHHJYG&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=randomreading-20\">The Collected Short Stories<\/a><\/em> (2013) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/stabenow_dana.php\">Dana Stabenow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DJHHJYG\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00DJHHJYG&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=randomreading-20\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/collected-short-stories.jpg?resize=189%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"collected-short-stories\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/collected-short-stories.jpg?resize=189%2C300&amp;ssl=1 189w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/collected-short-stories.jpg?w=260&amp;ssl=1 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a>I first came across Dana Stabenow as the editor of an anthology of fantastical mysteries. From there, I picked up her Kate Shugak mysteries, although I fully admit I have only read the books that come AFTER The Incident. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve actually read most of the Kate Shugak short stories in this collection, but that&#8217;s okay, because there were stories I hadn&#8217;t read.<\/p>\n<p>And I love short stories.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps my favorite story was the tale of the Grosdidier brothers, &#8220;Conspiracy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It opens thus:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>FOUR BROTHERS, FOUR MEN born one each year for four sequential years, before their parents figured out how babies were made and Took Steps. They were named, in order, Matthew, Mark, Luke and Peter, because their mother refused to burden a child with the homonym for toilet, upon which her loud, rowdy and profane brother had just congratulated her. Her husband, a faithful Presbyterian who disliked his brother-in-law anyway, remonstrated that this upset the gospellian design decided on before the birth of their first son, but she remained obstinate. They compromised on Peter, upon being informed of which her brother then spake aloud and at length on euphemisms for male genitalia, until Peter\u2019s father had more than words with his brother-in-law in the alley out back of the Ahtna General Hospital. A faithful Presbyterian, he wasn\u2019t a pacifist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This story isn&#8217;t particularly a mystery, it&#8217;s just a peek into life, and I simply love it.<\/p>\n<p>There are also two Liam Campbell stories, which are interesting, but not my favorites, a Star Svensdotter Short Story, which I skipped, because I don&#8217;t life SF, several Alaska short stories, which I really enjoyed, and closed with two fantasy stories, which were quite good coming from someone who doesn&#8217;t write or read fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like an introduction to the Kate Shugak stories, I highly recommend this collection.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by Gere Donovan Press<br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/avg_rating_widget\/18386439\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Collected Short Stories (2013) Dana Stabenow I first came across Dana Stabenow as the editor of an anthology of fantastical mysteries. From there, I picked up her Kate Shugak mysteries, although I fully admit I have only read the books that come AFTER The Incident. I&#8217;ve actually read most of the Kate Shugak short [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,48,8,43],"tags":[110,108,109],"class_list":["post-4187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthology","category-female","category-mystery","category-private-eye","tag-alaska","tag-dana-stabenow","tag-kate-shugak"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-15x","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2956,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2956","url_meta":{"origin":4187,"position":0},"title":"Four Kate Shugak Short Stories","author":"Michelle","date":"May 27, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Kate Shugak Short Stories Dana Stabenow There are four short Kate Shugak stories originally published in different anthologies, but available for $0.99 from Amazon. Well worth reading, and it's always good to support authors you enjoy. Conspiracy (2011) A brief history of the Grosdider brothers and how Something Was Done\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Female&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Female","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/female"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3410,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3410","url_meta":{"origin":4187,"position":1},"title":"Any Taint of Vice","author":"Michelle","date":"January 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Any Taint of Vice (2012) Dana Stabenow A Kate Shugak short story for 99\u00a2? Yes please! Kate receives a call to come to Anchorage and find a general's son and destroy the incriminating pictures. And not in the order. It's a nice short story, and shows a peek at how\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Female&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Female","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/female"},"img":{"alt_text":"Any Taint of Vice","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/any-taint-of-vice.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1594,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1594","url_meta":{"origin":4187,"position":2},"title":"At the Scene of the Crime","author":"Michelle","date":"January 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"At the Scene of the Crime (2008) edited by Dana Stabenow I first stumbled across Dana Stabenow when I picked up a fantasy\/mystery anthology she edited. After a second anthology, I discovered she was primarily a mystery write, and so picked up her Kate Shugak series. Which I absolutely loved.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Anthology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Anthology","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/anthology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/at_the_scene_of_the_crime.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1405,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1405","url_meta":{"origin":4187,"position":3},"title":"A Fine and Bitter Snow","author":"Michelle","date":"October 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"A Fine and Bitter Snow (2002) Dana Stabenow The Park (and Kate Shugak) are riled up when they discover that Dan O'Brian--the chief ranger of the park--is asked to leave by the new presidential administration. When two local environmentalists are attacked, Niniltna is thrown into an even greater uproar, wondering\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Female&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Female","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/female"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Fine-Bitter-Snow.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2131,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2131","url_meta":{"origin":4187,"position":4},"title":"A Night Too Dark","author":"Michelle","date":"December 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A Night Too Dark (2010) Dana Stabenow Rating: 7\/10 Published by St Martin's Paperbacks","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Female&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Female","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/female"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Night-Too-Dark.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1401,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1401","url_meta":{"origin":4187,"position":5},"title":"The Singing of the Dead","author":"Michelle","date":"October 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Singing of the Dead (2001) Dana Stabenow A native woman is running for state senator, and after multiple threatening notes, the staff decided that she needs security. Despite her better judgment (and in need of money) Kate takes the job, even though she intensely dislikes the campaign manager (and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Female&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Female","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/female"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Singing-Dead.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}