literary quotes
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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…
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300 short stories:: story 116
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “I Only Came to Use the Phone” author: Gabriel García Márquez year: 1992 where: home, kitchen table note: undercurrents reminiscent of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper a line: “He gave her a bishop’s blessing from the door, asked her to trust him, and disappeared forever.”
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 