fiction

400 short stories: story 324

Samantha Neugebauer

November 13, 2019

story: “Sugar Boots” author: Lorraine M. López year: 2009 where: Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok note: Catching-up on my records! a line: “As he bathes three-year-old Beau, Leo Garza thinks about murder.” theme(s): Abuse, murder, care-taking, grandparents

2019 short stories

Bangkok, fiction, Lorraine M. López, short fiction, Sugar Boots
300 short stories: story 275

Samantha Neugebauer

July 29, 2019

story: “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” author: Joyce Carol Oates year: 1966 where: Casa note: Damon and I also watched Smooth Talk, the 1985 movie based on the short story. Much debate ensued. a line: “But all the boys fell back and dissolved into a single face that was not even a face but…

2019 short stories

american literature, fiction, Joyce Carol Oats, Mothers and Daughters, short fiction, Short Stories, Smooth Talk, Where Are You Going Where Have You Been?