Short Stories
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400 short stories: story 310
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Grozny Tourist Bureau” author: Anthony Marra year: 2015 where: Casa, sonnolento note: The opening image of the verdigris-encrusted statue rising from the debris reminds me of Shelley’s “Ozymandias.” a line: “The minister set down his silverware and began sorting through the little trout bones on his plate, reconstructing the skeleton of the fish he had…
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400 short stories: story 307
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Leopard” author: Anthony Marra year: 2015 where: A bed on the 33rd floor. note: There’s a description near the end where the narrator, Roman, considers all the folks responsible for erasing people, and it makes me think of the book Ordinary Men. a line: “It takes nothing less than the whole might of the state…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 