2018 short stories
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300 short stories:: story 143
Samantha Neugebauer
story: Why Were They Throwing Bricks? author: Jenny Zhang year: 2017 where: the gold sofa note: I bought this book on a whim after stumbling upon the author reading at Shakespeare and Company in Paris this July. a line: “I was old enough to understand how one of trauma’s many possible effects was to make the traumatized person…
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300 short stories:: story 142
Samantha Neugebauer
story: How to Talk to Girls at Parties author: Neil Gaiman year: 2007 where: kitchen table in front of half-finished buildings and an artificial billabong (again) note: Inspired to read this after reading Billy Stevenson’s review of the film version a line: “She began to whisper something in my ear. It’s the strangest thing about poetry — you can…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 