Margaret Atwood
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300 short stories:: story 200
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Loulou; or, the Domestic Life of the Language” author: Margaret Atwood year: 1986 where: in the taxi, on the way to work note: If I ever login to Facebook, I see these advertisements for Atwood’s online Masterclass and each time, it makes me want to read more of her fiction. a line: “’Loulou thinks to reify…
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300 short stories:: story 102
Samantha Neugebauer
story: Uglypuss author: Margaret Atwood (pre-The Handmaid’s Tale) year: 1983 where: london, black coffee note: this story is featured in the phenomenal collection, Bluebeard’s Egg. It also has an intriguing POV swap near the end. a line: “Tonight, she feels dingy, old. Soon she will start getting into the firming cream; she will start worrying about her eyelids. Beginning…