2018 short stories
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300 short stories:: story 120
Samantha Neugebauer
story: The Luck of Kokura author: Gary Shteyngart year: 2018 where: a diner in Manhattan note: Well-developed main character, and some comparisons of Atlanta and NYC that ring true. The secondary character felt a bit too slick. Some of the political lines reminded me of the planted political lines in the Will and Grace reboot. a line: “’You…
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300 short stories:: story 119
Samantha Neugebauer
story: Orange World author: Karen Russell year: 2018 where: Q train note: I admit, I was confused by this a few times, even frustrated, but read it quickly without pause, enjoying the confusion, or at least, not letting the confusion bleed into annoyance. Rosemary’s Baby comes to mind. It ends strong. : a line: “Joy threatens to take the…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 