Fiction/Nonfiction: fiction
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Inheriting It
A young guy goes home from NYC to rural, depressed Tennessee. Great setting and characters
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The Astronaut
My note after reading this simply says “holy shit“.
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The Thing
A great narrator’s voice on a fishing trip, and a lot more: So, this creature comes in and it looks like a caterpillar if the caterpillar was nine pounds and pink and gelatinous as a huge earthworm with flute holes along its side in the style of a woodwind instrument or an ocarina.
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Copperfield
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Tog(ether)
Scuba diving and space exploration merge — this story has a real Jeff VanderMeer feel to it
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More Static than Skin
Weird speculative fiction about a student who is terminally online: “Nobody believes her when she introduces herself as a poor signal.”
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A Cruise Ship for the Disappeared
An insurance investigation into a disaster involving a cruise ship. I loved the subtle hints about the cause of the disaster
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WE LOVE KIMBERLEY
A woman whose quest to quit biting her nails has unexpected results. It’s funny and morbid, with a very unique narrator
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Mrs. Morrison Proofreads Her Obituary
I laughed out loud at this, what a great first piece
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The Lies that Bind
The narrator’s sister’s body is found 22 years after her disappearance. There’s a killer audio version of the story there too.