Elizabeth McCracken
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300 short stories: story 287
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Thunderstruck” author: Elizabeth McCracken year: 2015 where: Father of the Gazelle note: Novella a line: “Laura was more outgoing, so she had to introduce her brother to friends–but once she had her own children she understood comparison was necessary. It was how you discovered their personalities: the light of one child threw the other child into…
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300 short stories: story 273
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Juliet” author: Elizabeth McCracken year: 2013 where: sofa, then bed; night, then morning note: In my mind, this story took place in the Fox Chase Library in Philadelphia. a line: “She was a young woman, late twenties we thought, with long, loose hair. Her clothes were white, and at first we thought she was in uniform,…