Ottessa Moshfegh
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300 short stories: story 281
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “No Place for Good People” author: Ottessa Moshfegh year: 2016 where: Dubai Metro note: I love the juxtaposition posed between the restaurant Friendly’s and Hooter’s. I do think the entire last paragraph of the story should have been cut. a line: “Paul pushed himself up and scooted out from the booth and stood next to her,…
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300 short stories: story 280
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Locker Room” author: Ottessa Moshfegh year: 2016 where: Somewhere in Dubai note: The ending is a stunner. a line: “But I never did try very hard to please my mother. In fact, I never tried hard to please anybody at all after that day in the locked room. Now I only try hard to please…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 