Short Stories
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100 short stories:: story 91
Samantha Neugebauer
story: Dance in America author: Lorrie Moore year: 1994 where: bedroom, taxi, a couple places note: homesick a line: “’We have raccoons sometimes in our chimney,’ explains Simone.”
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100 short stories:: story 90
Samantha Neugebauer
story: The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas author: Ursula Le Guin year: 1975 where: kitchen table UAE, new bird mug note: social contracts, distant pain we cannot hear, sewn ears a line: “The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain…