David Schwinghammer’s Reviews > The Collected Stories > Status Update

In the story "Kin", a photographer shows up. He concentrates on Uncle Felix and Kate.

In "Circe", Circe and Ulysses meet.

In "Ladies in Spring" Miss Hattie Purcell can bring the rain, and there's no doubt about it.

The boat stops in a little town.

The people in the train compartment talk about nothing.

"The Bride of Innisfallen" is about people in a train compartment on their way to Ireland.

"The Burning" is a bit of a ghost story. I quit reading last night with two pages left in the story. I always look for white space so I can quit and go to bed.

In "No Place for You, My Love" a woman says to her dancing partner, "For whose benefit do we have to show off?"

Virgie's mind is wandering after the funeral.

Relationships are hard to keep track of in this book, but it seems that Miss Katie was Virgie's aunt. The Miss Katie dies, there's a big funeral.