Short Stories
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300 short stories:: story 101
Samantha Neugebauer
story: The Burglar’s Christmas author: Willa Cather (published under the nom de plume Elizabeth L. Seymour) year: 1896 where: philadelphia, living room on Christmas night note: new year, new goal…200 short stories for 2018! The first story for the new year. a line: “O, my poor boy, much or little, what does it matter? Have you wandered so far and…
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100 short stories:: story 100
Samantha Neugebauer
story: The Lazy River author: Zadie Smith year: 2017 where: university campus note: I live somewhere that has its own “lazy river”, when did I expect this? I still prefer sometimes-grimy sometimes-lush Brooklyn. a line: “But once you have entered the Lazy River, with all its pliability and ease, its sterilizing chlorine and swift yet manageable currents, it is very hard to accept the…