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Monthly Archives: November 2016
The World’s 100 Best Short Stories, Sort of… Volume 10: Humor
Statistics prove that there are 25 bathtubs sold to every Bible… and 50 to every dictionary, and 380 to every encyclopedia… proving that while we may be neglecting the interior, we are looking after the exterior…. – Will Rogers And … Continue reading
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The World’s 100 Best Short Stories, Sort of…Volume 9: Ghosts
” There is neither ghost of earl nor ghost of countess in that room; there is no ghost there at all, but worse, far worse, something palpable….” “The worst of all things that haunt poor mortal men…and that is, in … Continue reading
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The Consolations of Literature…
Life is a jest; and all things show it/ I though so once; but now I know it. – John Gay It’s just words, folks, just words…. – Donald Trump Friends ask me with some regularity why it is that … Continue reading
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The World’s 100 Best Short Stories, Sort of…Volume 8: Men
‘Shall I betray my best friend…? He is all that I have in the world. He saved me from the bear when its claws were already at my throat. We have suffered hunger and cold together. He covered me with … Continue reading
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The World’s 100 Best Short Stories, Sort of…Volume 7: Women
“It was almost a miracle, her kind of death, because out of all that jam of tonnage, she carried only one bruise, a faint one, near the brow.” – Fannie Hurst “I love her like a madman, and I would … Continue reading
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The World’s 100 Best Short Stories, Sort of…Volume 6: Courage
“It can never be said…. Because there’s no guide for the search and no definition for the thing found. There’s only the necessity…for man to go beyond himself, to go beyond reason, even beyond truth….” – Dana Burnet This, volume … Continue reading
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The World’s 100 Best Short Stories, Sort of…Volume 5: Drama
” The world was full of men and women like Luke and Kit. Some had given up great hopes because they were too good to tread down others in their quest. Some had quenched great talents because they were too … Continue reading
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