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White Sugar and Red Clay
Heartbreaking from the beginning
Blackbird
And When Should I Feel Something
Interesting for the different emotions that come from a parent’s suicide, and for what she seems not to feel, and for how the structure of the story leaves that to the end.
— Apr 03, 2020 08:11AM
Heartbreaking from the beginning
Blackbird
And When Should I Feel Something
Interesting for the different emotions that come from a parent’s suicide, and for what she seems not to feel, and for how the structure of the story leaves that to the end.
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How This Song Ends
Loved this one about a husband’s love for his wife
From Tucson to Tucumcari...
An adult son at the deathbed of the father who abused him when he was a child
Vietnam
About being fake
Jesus, Beans, and Butter Rum Lifesavers
The punchline was funny and perfectly set up but the story itself was lackluster.
— Apr 07, 2020 09:17AM
Loved this one about a husband’s love for his wife
From Tucson to Tucumcari...
An adult son at the deathbed of the father who abused him when he was a child
Vietnam
About being fake
Jesus, Beans, and Butter Rum Lifesavers
The punchline was funny and perfectly set up but the story itself was lackluster.
Margaret
is on page 231 of 351
A Modern Tragedy
Payback
A never-ending seven pages about a lucky run in turkey hunting and how long it should have taken to successfully hunt that many turkeys.
Killing Stonewall Jackson
I could not find a point to this one. And an affair with a 12/13 year old girl? Really?
— Mar 29, 2020 08:39AM
Payback
A never-ending seven pages about a lucky run in turkey hunting and how long it should have taken to successfully hunt that many turkeys.
Killing Stonewall Jackson
I could not find a point to this one. And an affair with a 12/13 year old girl? Really?
Margaret
is on page 203 of 351
The Fall of the Nixon Administration
Brash and gross and went on and on. It was a shame that the voice of the story was so off-putting because the story itself was interesting (though the twist was predictable) and the Nixon Administration angle was clever.
— Mar 23, 2020 08:38AM
Brash and gross and went on and on. It was a shame that the voice of the story was so off-putting because the story itself was interesting (though the twist was predictable) and the Nixon Administration angle was clever.
Margaret
is on page 186 of 351
Left Behind
Ambiguous ending, powerful either way
The Last Days
Heartbreaking, about the choices an abusive partner forces a mother to make when the law declines to protect mother and child. Controlling and isolation are abuse.
— Mar 23, 2020 08:37AM
Ambiguous ending, powerful either way
The Last Days
Heartbreaking, about the choices an abusive partner forces a mother to make when the law declines to protect mother and child. Controlling and isolation are abuse.
Margaret
is on page 89 of 351
I Would Like to Go Back as I Am, Now, to You as You We’re, Then -
“The life we couldn’t know we were headed for,
a timely, lucky life, just beyond the margins of this poem.”
The Girl from Soldier Creek
— Feb 27, 2020 02:36PM
“The life we couldn’t know we were headed for,
a timely, lucky life, just beyond the margins of this poem.”
The Girl from Soldier Creek
Margaret
is on page 73 of 351
My Heart’s Content
Interesting title, apparently CON-tent rather than what you’d assume, con-TENT
A thought-provoking excerpt that is sending me to look up the book.
The Octopus Alibi
Not such a well-chosen excerpt
— Feb 13, 2020 11:01AM
Interesting title, apparently CON-tent rather than what you’d assume, con-TENT
A thought-provoking excerpt that is sending me to look up the book.
The Octopus Alibi
Not such a well-chosen excerpt
Margaret
is on page 52 of 351
S. Trident
Oh my goodness. I could not love this one more.
— Feb 12, 2020 12:43PM
Oh my goodness. I could not love this one more.
Margaret
is on page 26 of 351
Final Spring
A rather discouraging opening to the collection
The Blues Is Dying in the Place It Was Born
An essay, rather than a short story. The people were interesting and I googled them afterward and watched a couple of videos, but the essay was not.
Bitsy
This was funny, blessedly not centered on the political or moral potential of the story, and the capitalization matched the tone of the story, delightful.
— Feb 12, 2020 12:30PM
A rather discouraging opening to the collection
The Blues Is Dying in the Place It Was Born
An essay, rather than a short story. The people were interesting and I googled them afterward and watched a couple of videos, but the essay was not.
Bitsy
This was funny, blessedly not centered on the political or moral potential of the story, and the capitalization matched the tone of the story, delightful.
