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Emily: A Short Story
In the story Emily, Stephen and his sister make a surprising find that changes their family forever.
We may dream of childhood as a state of joy and innocence, but children inhabit the same world adults do. In this series of short stories, Maya Goode explores childhood with an unfiltered lens. From abuse, mental illness and suicide to first love and unending compassion.
This is a short story of 5,500 words.
We may dream of childhood as a state of joy and innocence, but children inhabit the same world adults do. In this series of short stories, Maya Goode explores childhood with an unfiltered lens. From abuse, mental illness and suicide to first love and unending compassion.
This is a short story of 5,500 words.
23 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 12, 2016
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August 13, 2016
Best one yet !
Wow, Maya Goode has outdone herself completely here. This one could easily be a novel within itself. Brilliant short Maya.
Wow, Maya Goode has outdone herself completely here. This one could easily be a novel within itself. Brilliant short Maya.
September 29, 2016
With "Emily," Maya Goode has cemented herself among my pantheon of great short story authors--Joe Hill, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman. I don't say that lightly. The story itself is wonderful gem; twisted in the ways I love yet rooted in trauma and human conflicts that feel genuine. Writing from a child's perspective can be a bit of a high-wire act--one misstep and the whole thing is over--but Maya walks that line beautifully here and in her other stories. The art of the short story is one that, as both a reader and writer, I have been guilty of under-appreciating. My reading list this year reflects this. Sometimes I need a reminder of the power that short form can pack, and here I've found just that. 5/5
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