Short Stories
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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 208
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Salt Garden” author: Margaret Atwood year: 1983 where: Dubai, Common Ground note: I adore this collection and find the protagonist Alma to be so layered. a line: “She can’t remember ever having astonished any of her friends with tricks from the instruction book. Astonishing herself was enough.” theme(s): time
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 