Saki's

There is one of Saki's finest, too—though I would question whether the chilling "Sredni Vashtar" 1913 can properly be termed an adventure story.

The Case of the Missing Adventure Story Allan Massie 2011

Saki's account of the story was that four men attempted to rob the Buzzy Boy Shop in the Wood Camp community of Paynesville at gunpoint, firing into the air to scare the owner, Mr. Grant.

Ruthie Ackerman: To Publish or Not to Publish 2010

Devotees of the genre will already be familiar with the MR James spinechiller and Saki's "Sredni Vashtar", which adds a new dimension to nasty things in woodsheds.

Sue Arnold's audiobook choice – reviews Sue Arnold 2010

On the one claw, the teen drama stuff, while melodramatic and sometimes hard to watch, is well handled and reasonably compelling, but Saki's "investigation" consists of looking bored, cussing at most of her fellow students, and making friends with one of the bullied girls.

Movie Review: Yo-Yo Girl Cop 2008

The enduring, untamable appeal of Saki's short stories

Where the Wild Things Are 2008

On the one claw, the teen drama stuff, while melodramatic and sometimes hard to watch, is well handled and reasonably compelling, but Saki's "investigation" consists of looking bored, cussing at most of her fellow students, and making friends with one of the bullied girls.

Archive 2008-07-01 2008

The enduring, untamable appeal of Saki's short stories

Where the Wild Things Are 2008

As well-written as the State Department's report was I didn't recoil from it the way I did from Saki's photos.

Ruthie Ackerman: To Publish or Not to Publish 2010

The enduring, untamable appeal of Saki's short stories

Where the Wild Things Are 2008

It takes Thomas Hescott's deft directorial hand -- and a talented cast -- to calibrate Saki's delicately wrought sarcasm, arch zingers that English actors deliver with élan.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Wolves at the Window, Circumcise Me, Forbidden Broadway 2009