2019 short stories
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300 short stories: story 287
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Thunderstruck” author: Elizabeth McCracken year: 2015 where: Father of the Gazelle note: Novella a line: “Laura was more outgoing, so she had to introduce her brother to friends–but once she had her own children she understood comparison was necessary. It was how you discovered their personalities: the light of one child threw the other child into…
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300 short stories: story 285
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “By the River” author: Joyce Carol Oates year: 1969 where: Abu Dhabi, Gate Tower I Gym note: As I approach the 300 short story mark, I have been thinking of doing a top 15 list. Mentally, I have been traveling back to some of my favorite short stories I have read over the last…