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Day 25 #ssac2018
“The Age of Doubt” by
Maile Melody
Perfect ‘gift’ of a Christmas short story to end the 2018 collection…5⭐️’s
Thank you again to my SSAC love read pals, @ttbrader @barbaramcveigh @DesmondReid . . . I so treasure all of your comments, thoughts, and wisdoms!
Day 24 #ssac2018
Christmas Eve, 1944
by
L. A. Urrea
Absolute crusher of a Christmas story…perfect details delivered in perfect prose. Will want to read this every year…
@ttbrader @barbaramcveigh @DesmondReid
@ttbrader @barbaramcveigh @mrmuleman #ssac2018 I do remember this story and it’s still a heartbreaker. He was a really good kid that had some bad luck but his dogs were always there for him. Loved this story.
Day 23 #ssac2018
“Legends of the Seoul Dogs” By R.O. Kwon
Another fantastic gem, loved the story, the construction, the prose, all of it…
“It wasn’t that he didn’t believe in his father’s God, not quite.”
@ttbrader @barbaramcveigh @DesmondReid
Day 22 #ssac2018
“Returning to the Problem” By Eugene Lim
Just your typical Kafka, Death Star, torture, Chinatown, election fatigue, man’s cruelty to man type story…you know, that tired old trope😂
@ttbrader @barbaramcveigh @DesmondReid
Day 21 The One Who Is
Chip Livingston #ssac2018
An indigenous man watches helpless as his wife suffers a difficult birth in a bush camp.
He scarifies himself to the spirits to save his son.
‘This….is why the white men are dangerous: They don’t see us. They don’t hear us’
Day 21 #ssac2018
“The One Who Is” by
Chip Livingston
“But beings powered on the lives and souls of other lives we do not call gods. We have other names for them.”
Powerful, powerful story…going to stick with me for days.
@ttbrader @DesmondReid @barbaramcveigh
Day 20 #ssac2018
“Christmas Triptych” by
Stephen Leacock
Three fantastic Yuletide stories, each unique, each with a great mix of humor and heart.
@ttbrader @DesmondReid @barbaramcveigh
Day 20 Christmas Triptych
Stephan Peacock
Three stories questioning the essence of Christmas concluding with a writer attempting to bring hope to a broken Father Christmas and aided by an appeal from Father Time.
A century later and why Xmas is still asked.
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Day 19 #ssac2018
“In This Fantasy” by
Kim Fu
Another absolutely gem from the 2018 collection, one of my favorites, such a strong and clear writing style and voice.
“…I’m surrounded by love, if love is a kind of obligation…”
@ttbrader @DesmondReid @barbaramcveigh
Day 18 #ssac2018
“Strategies Against Sleeping” by
Liliana Heker
“Then she gazed out at the rain as if she had never said anything.”
Road-trip with an unexpected twist….
@ttbrader @DesmondReid @barbaramcveigh
Day 17 Deer Season Kevin Barry
‘Is that about the size of it?’ she said
‘Yeah’ he said
A determined 17 year old girl sets out to lose her virginity with the ‘Riverman’ - an older yet vulnerable English loner.
Every encounter has two sides.
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Day 17 #ssac2018
“Deer Season” by
Kevin Barry
Loved how the timeframe setting of this story kept changing in my mind.
‘She had worried that the book might be a terrible idea, but here it was, doing its work…’
@ttbrader @DesmondReid @barbaramcveigh
Day 16 Two Stories Containing a Mouse (or Variations on Bad Love)
Maria Mutch #ssac2018
A mouse in a bowl stands opposite sudden erratic lust on the road which may rekindle with a call from a phone booth time later.
Sometimes love is so intense it’s remembered in snapshots…
Day 16 #ssac2018
“Two Stories Containing A Mouse (or Variations on Bad Love)” by
Maria Mitch
‘The idea that things are supposed to progress in a straight line is a dubious one.’
Not sure this one connected with me.
@ttbrader @DesmondReid @barbaramcveigh
Day 15 #ssac2018
“Snatching Bodies” by
Rodrigo Fresán
‘Too many question marks where I would rather put exclamation points.’
Another gem, metaphor and symbolism at every turn.
@ttbrader @DesmondReid @barbaramcveigh
@ttbrader @mrmuleman @barbaramcveigh #ssac2018
Yet again a different impression within 5 years of reading. Company town madness? What did his neighbour do to bring such disgrace to himself? And why was that women covering her face repeatedly? The repetitiveness did frustrate.
Day 14 #ssac2018
“Will Evans Save the World?” by Ben Greenman
The repetitive nature of this story had me reminded of the Talking Heads’ “Once In A Lifetime”.
Well done..left me wanting more answers😎
@ttbrader @barbaramcveigh @DesmondReid
Day 13 #ssac2018
“Every One of My Answers Was a Disappointment” By Doretta Lau
“Your boyfriend is not that connected.”
Another great story, lovely craftsmanship from the author.
@ttbrader @barbaramcveigh @DesmondReid
@ttbrader @barbaramcveigh @mrmuleman #ssac2018
Found this story was laugh out funny at 3 times. Unexpected turn at the end but was enjoyable. Wanted to know more and could have been a novel I’d read. The only reason Sabi was so active was because all these women let him.
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