2019 short stories
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300 short stories:: story 208
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Salt Garden” author: Margaret Atwood year: 1983 where: Dubai, Common Ground note: I adore this collection and find the protagonist Alma to be so layered. a line: “She can’t remember ever having astonished any of her friends with tricks from the instruction book. Astonishing herself was enough.” theme(s): time
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300 short stories:: story 207
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Finkelstein” author: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah year: 1989 where: a few places–taxi, cafe, office, home note: from Friday Black a line: “Emmanuel stepped outside into the world, his Blackness at a solid 7.6. He felt like Evel Knievel at the top of a ramp.” theme(s): revenge, injustice
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 