short fiction
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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 207
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Finkelstein” author: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah year: 1989 where: a few places–taxi, cafe, office, home note: from Friday Black a line: “Emmanuel stepped outside into the world, his Blackness at a solid 7.6. He felt like Evel Knievel at the top of a ramp.” theme(s): revenge, injustice
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 