Bluebeard’s Egg
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300 short stories: story 247
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Fire Horse” author: Karen Shepard year: 2017 where: Home, in bed note: I love this story, though I hesitate to call it one story. It feels like two stories about the same characters. Margaret Atwood has two stories like that in Bluebeard’s Egg, but she chose to split them into two titles and group…
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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
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 