Fiction/Nonfiction: fiction
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The Aweigh Hymn
“This is not a story about boys ripped apart. It is not a story of how a Daddy took one boy and left the other behind. Not a tale of a Daddy so embittered that he kept his sons apart to punish his wife, himself. This is not that story.“
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I Might Have Imagined the Moon
Winner of the 2024 Gwyl Anglesey short fiction competition: the narrator fantasizes about saving a wilting relationship
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Unlikeable Female Protagonists
It’s a stunner of a short story about the way society values women by their appearance.
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The Great Silence
“It’s no coincidence that “aspiration” means both hope and the act of breathing.” This is an older story, it’s included in his excellent collection Exhalations. It reminds me of Benjamin Labatut, weaving science and fiction together with an emphasis on soul.
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The Private Investigator Balances the Scales
This is super short but has a serious twist to it that I’ve been thinking about since I read it.
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About Lucy
“Lucy may have been a genius. Or she might have just been unlucky. Unlucky people often turn out to be geniuses. Misfortune stuck to Lucy like dog shit in the cracks of a heel.”
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Describe Your Most Recent Episode, Cont’d
This is a wildly creative story about a woman from a messed up home trying to get help. It’s kind of a puzzle too — I was tempted to print it out to piece it together.
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House Hunters
The Purge plus real estate. Unhinged in the best way.
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Human Trials
A grim and gory sci-fi story about the last people on Earth.
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Souvenirs
A woman reminisces about a failed relationship with increasingly distressing mementos.