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400 short stories: story 311
Samantha Neugebauer
story: “The Stone” author: Louise Erdrich year: 2019 where: Happiness Island note: “This story is about finding solace in an entity that isn’t human.” -Erdrich a line: “A stone is, in its own way, a living thing, not a biological being but one with a history far beyond our capacity to understand or even imagine.” & “A stone…
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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…
SAMANTHA NEUGEBAUER 