2019 short stories
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300 short stories:: story 222
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “A Woman, Young and Old” author: Grace Paley year: Grace’s first (of three) story collections was published when she was in her late 30s; this story appeared in that first collection. 1959! where: mio ufficio, before my Italian lesson note: The title of this story comes from a Yeats poem, where the poet explores the…
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300 short stories:: story 221
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Foil” author: Anne de Marcken year: 2018 where: “Due-bay” note: This is the 2018 winning short story of Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Contest. a line: “The man sitting next to me glances at my ring and says nothing for twenty-two hours. The ring fools me too, and I enjoy a feeling of privileged contentment. One who belongs…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 