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September 2006
Transformations
Sunday, September 24, 2006
“The insinuated question was, ‘Why settle for a child who breaks down all the time, when you can have a new one, who doesn’t.’”
--Ryan Harty, “Why the Sky Turns Red When the Sun Goes Down”
People are not what they seem in these tales of a difficult child and a grief stricken woman.
Dead
Sunday, September 17, 2006
“The former owner died in the bedroom, as did the owner before her, but it’s not their ghosts I worry about. It’s silly, I know, but what frightens me is the possibility of zombies.”
--David Sedaris, “Nuit of the Living Dead”
The dead rise, sort of, in a sinister tale from Fuentes, and a slyly funny Sedaris piece.
Outsiders
Sunday, September 10, 2006
"Then he began to dawdle again, chasing ghost-like words in his small mind. Soldier. German. American."
--Kurt Vonnegut, "D.P."
Outsiders reveal their inner selves.
Crazy Couple
Sunday, September 03, 2006
"I know that the ruling God in Mars in benign. I wish to know how to propitiate him and gain his compassion."
--R.K. Narayan, “Seventh House”
Couples in trouble.
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