short fiction
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300 short stories: story 297
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Homage for Isaac Babel” author: Doris Lessing year: 1958 where: Al Reem note: This story has such a curious premise and there is virtually no backstory for the characters or their relationships to one another, which makes me think of Hemingway, of course. a line: “Philip rescued her by saying with disdain: ‘Some people don’t know…
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300 short stories: story 291
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “A Lover’s Ear” author: Yuan Chiung-chiung year: 1989 where: Bed, reading aloud to Big Gate note: ‘Ear, nose and throat doctors have warned that nothing should be put into the ear canal, even if someone feels it is blocked, as the activity might push the obstruction further out of reach, as it is possible…