Short story. I enjoyed Circe and Galatea and was super excited to read this one. Many others were too. There was a four-year gap between Galatea and this book since the author suffers from long COVID which affects how and when she can work. Pretty harrowing read. Divine caprice, sexual assault, mi…
One thing led to another on the Open Internet1 and I came by this curious and lovely short story by artist Charlie White2 called “The Beatrice Davenport Morands” (cached HTML) who wrote it for Public Fiction magazine in 2013.
Like if Wes Andersen et al wrote The Prestige.
Wife suggested this as another must-read on the heels of the last must-read by this up and coming author named Flannery O’Connor. I noted then that O’Connor showed “good, intriguing promise as a writer.” This Oates gal is no different. I’d say she demonstrates exceedingly high competence and promi…
A devops engineer told me to read this “phenomenal” story at the Caesar’s Palace Lobby Bar in Vegas seven years ago over drinks after a tiring day at a conference. My wife’s an O’Connor stan and called it “one of the greats” when I told her I was going to read it. I also told her I lost my shit wh…
I found this short story on my laptop and have no idea who sent it to me or where I might have downloaded it from. It’s funny and I imagine it would make for a nice children’s book and/or cartoon adaptation. The document says it’s by Kyr Bylychev. The only search result I get is a Russian sci-fi a…