Karen Russell
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300 short stories:: story 209
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Vampires in the Lemon Grove” author: Karen Russell year: 2012 where: Eat Greek, mid-afternoon note: the collection’s title story a line: “There is a loneliness that must be particular to monsters, I think, the feeling that each is the only child of a species. And now that loneliness was over.” theme(s): marriage and longevity
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300 short stories:: story 119
Samantha Neugebauer
story: Orange World author: Karen Russell year: 2018 where: Q train note: I admit, I was confused by this a few times, even frustrated, but read it quickly without pause, enjoying the confusion, or at least, not letting the confusion bleed into annoyance. Rosemary’s Baby comes to mind. It ends strong. : a line: “Joy threatens to take the…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 