Abu Dhabi
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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 277
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Bettering Myself” author: Ottessa Moshfegh year: 2013 where: Al Reem summer, had me a blast! note: I just ordered myself two large Coke Zeros (delivery) after rereading this ending. a line: “The waitress went away and my ex got up to use the men’s room, and when he got back he asked me to stop calling him.” theme(s):…