fiction
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300 short stories: story 274
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Witch” author: Shirley Jackson year: 1949 where: kitchen table note: I’m looking for a story I read by Jackson a long time ago. I think the woman’s name is Mrs. X. a line: “He was an elderly man, with a pleasant face under white hair; his blue suit was only faintly touched by the disarray…
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300 short stories: story 271
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “In the Shadow of Man” author: Bell Boggs year: 2018 where: Al Reem Island, babycakes note: So many great observations about liberals and charter schools, but instead of being funny like one might expect, the observations are rather alarming and sometimes harmful. a line: “Maybe Todd and Lori were having issues like that—Lori a programmer,…