Short Stories
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300 short stories:: story 173
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Paper Menagerie” author: Ken Liu year: 2011 where: Think Coffee…first short story of the new year. Hello, 2019! note: The first short story to win the Nebula, the Hugo and the World Fantasy Award a line: “The catalog said she was eighteen, loved to dance, and spoke good English because she was from Hong Kong. None of these facts…
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300 short stories:: story 169
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Adventure of a Soldier” author: Italo Calvino year: 1984 (English translation) where: Philadelphia train note: Such great description of how time stretches in the moments of nearness to someone we desire. a line: “This meeting of calves was precious, but it came at a price, a loss: in fact, the body’s weight was shifted and the…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 