Abu Dhabi
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300 short stories:: story 108
Samantha Neugebauer
story: In Ruth’s Country author: Rick Bass year: 1994 where: highline, walking and reading note: In The Theory of Light and Matter (2008), a short story collection I found in South Korea, Andrew Porter has a story called Departure about a young guy who wants to date an Amish girl. I think reading this story along with Bass’ is quite…
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300 short stories:: story 106
Samantha Neugebauer
story: St. Clair Flats author: Constance Fenimore Woolson year: 1873 where: Dubai and Abu Dhabi note: For half the story I thought the main characters were a woman and a man, and I considered this extraordinary for its time (late 19th century) since the characters seemed to be unmarried and not the least perturbed to ‘Lewis and Clark’ around the American Great Lakes, but alas, I learned the characters were two male companions! a line: “How boundless is looks! One hill in the distance, one dark line of…