Fiction/Nonfiction: fiction
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We Have Little Time Left
A tender and sad piece about a woman saying goodbye to her dying husband.
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By My Father’s Hand
The first sentence reads, “I like to carry my father’s hand with me.” Every subsequent sentence begs more questions than it answers.
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Clunkers
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Girl Scout
A story about a first date that contains a ton of charm and a surprising amount of tension
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Alchemy
It starts with: “We are imprisoned by our bones, entombed at birth by flesh”, and doesn’t get less grim from there.
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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