Short Stories
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300 short stories: story 278
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Mr. Wu” author: Ottessa Moshfegh year: 2016 where: Yamanote Atelier, Dubai note: An earlier version of this story is on The Paris Review and is called “Disgust”…I’m glad I read it with its revised title, because the original title is too leading. a line: “More than anything in the world, perhaps more than winning her heart, he…
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300 short stories: story 277
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Bettering Myself” author: Ottessa Moshfegh year: 2013 where: Al Reem summer, had me a blast! note: I just ordered myself two large Coke Zeros (delivery) after rereading this ending. a line: “The waitress went away and my ex got up to use the men’s room, and when he got back he asked me to stop calling him.” theme(s):…