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Little White Slip was an odd story. Quite depressing really - about a woman with post-natal depression. Nothing really happens with the plot line either, even though the story is relatively long for a short story.

'The Movie People' was extremely odd. It did have a lovely elegant poetic quality to the writing, but other than that there's nothing else I liked about it. The story has the potential for something better, but what's there is just hard to follow and not very interesting.

'Outside' was not my cup of tea. I found it depressing, and also very disjointed. Meh

"The Great Philosophers" was interesting. I enjoyed it because I love hearing about philosophy and the lessons he taught and the quotes. As a story though, I didn't think it was great.

"Paleface and the Panther" wasn't one of my favourites. At first, I found the way the author kept jumping to different times extremely disorienting. The story itself was annoying too - just about an annoying spoilt kid.

The Salesman was my favourite so far. It was long enough to really draw you in, and you could really sympathise with the protagonist. It also has just enough mystery to leave you thinking about it for a while after you've read it.

"Armadillo" was an interesting story. I felt like I wasn't able to fully get my teeth into it though.

"Brisbane" wasn't even 2 pages long! I couldn't even get into the story before it was finished. Too short, even for a short story.

"Brisbane" wasn't even 2 pages long! I couldn't even get into the story before it was finished. Too short, even for a short story.

"One of the Girls"... I'm sorry, but I can't even pretend to like writing without any punctuation. It was awful to read, and actually gave me a headache, because the whole story is literally one whole sentence without punctuation. I understand the writer is trying to do something here with that, but I just don't get it. I feel like I may as well read 5 year old's short stories.