UAE

300 short stories: story 247

Samantha Neugebauer

June 7, 2019

story: “Fire Horse” author: Karen Shepard year: 2017 where: Home, in bed note: I love this story, though I hesitate to call it one story. It feels like two stories about the same characters. Margaret Atwood has two stories like that in Bluebeard’s Egg, but she chose to split them into two titles and group…

2019 short stories

Abu Dhabi, american literature, Bluebeard’s Egg, Chinese Literature, Fire Horse, Karen Shepard, Margaret Atwood, Mothers and Daughters, Short Stories, Siblings, UAE
300 short stories: story 242

Samantha Neugebauer

June 2, 2019

story: “The Falling Girl” author: Dino Buzzati year: 2018 where: Morning with coffee, kitchen table note: I read this story in English (Translated by Lawrence Venuti), but now I am on the hunt to read it in its original Italian. a line: “The beautiful people, then, were interested in her and that filled her with satisfaction.…

2019 short stories

Abu Dhabi, Dino Buzzati, english, Italian, Italian short stories, Lawrence Venuti, The Falling Girls, UAE