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300 short stories:: story 225
Samantha Neugebauer
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.’…
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300 short stories:: story 221
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “Foil” author: Anne de Marcken year: 2018 where: “Due-bay” note: This is the 2018 winning short story of Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Contest. a line: “The man sitting next to me glances at my ring and says nothing for twenty-two hours. The ring fools me too, and I enjoy a feeling of privileged contentment. One who belongs…