story: “The Bar of Our Recent Unhappiness” author: Elizabeth McCracken year: 1994 where: Saadiyat note: This story made me think of a New Yorker article I read in winter 2018 about the ethics of keeping people alive who are brain dead via machines. a line: “'You know how it is. You get resigned. God helps you through.' … Continue reading 300 short stories:: story 225