2019 short stories
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300 short stories:: story 191
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Watch” author: Elie Wiesel year: 1964 where: NYU Abu Dhabi Library note: rereading to teach on Sunday a line: “The glorious masters of our municipality were jubilant: they were rid of us, there would be no more kaftans on the street.”
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300 short stories:: story 190
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Birthday Girl” author: Haruki Murakami year: 2006 where: at the campus cafeteria (started on Tuesday, paused, finished on Wednesday) note: intense déjà vécu a line: “When the owner’s meal was ready at eight o’clock, she pushed the room service cart into the elevator and rode up to the sixth floor.”