2019 short stories
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300 short stories: story 284
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Indian Camp” author: Ernest Hemingway year: 1924 where: post-Flywheel, casa dolce casa note: For some summer fun, I’ve enrolled in Oates’ MasterClass (I have many thoughts on these classes for another time) and this short story was part of an assignment. a line: “’No, I don’t have any anesthetic,’ his father said. ‘But her screams are not…
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300 short stories: story 283
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Train” author: Alice Munro year: 2012 where: post-Flywheel, Social House (terrible breakfast) note: “I have never kept diaries. I just remember a lot and am more self-centered than most people,” from an interview with Alice Munro about the book. This story went in places I did not expect it to go. a line: “She had caught the terrible flu…