John Wickham (1) (1923–2001)

This was a very interesting collection of stories. While a bunch of them had endings that were a bit of a "downer" (like many short stories tend to), the stories were nearly all so well-written that I was still able to look at them on a more positive note. There were only 2 or 3, out of more than 50, that I truly disliked in their entirety; and not only that, but many of them I enjoyed quite a bit. This is probably the best short story collection I have ever read, and several of these stories have stayed with me.

Some of my top favorites included:
Frank Collymore's Some People are Meant to Live Alone;
Jean Rhys' Pioneers, Oh, Pioneers;
Ismith Khan's Shadows Move in the Britannia Bar;
Gabriel García Márquez's The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship;
V.S. Naipaul's The Night Watchman's Occurrence Book.
While these two:
Jan Carew's Tilson Ezekiel Alias Ti-Zek;
Olive Senior's Do Angels Wear Brassieres?
were my most favorite of all the stories. I will definitely be looking into more writing by many of the authors in this collection.… (meer)