literature
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300 short stories:: story 148
Samantha Neugebauer
story: The Impractical Door author: Chris Haven year: 2018 where: Abu Dhabi Central Post Office, Ladies-only waiting area note: This time last year I was reading Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, another story with doors. a line: “I opened the door probably six months ago. Anyhow, I am bathed in light. It is a gorgeous, golden light that feels…
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300 short stories:: story 147
Samantha Neugebauer
story: Wealth and Poverty (Himpuku-ron) author: Ueda Akinari year: 1776 where: bed note: from Ugetsu Monogatari or Tales of Moonlight and Rain (Routledge Revivals) : A Complete English Version of the Eighteenth-Century Japanese Collection of Tales of the Supernatural, Routledge, 2012 a line: “If a man is idle, he can in time consume even Mt T’ai. In the end he…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 