Stories Like a Punch in the Jaw

"The novel wins by points, the short story by knockout."

-Julio Cortázar

A family hides a tragedy from the elderly matriarch. (It'... more
A husband and wife go to a house near the sea to improve ... more
Uh...how did this get here...that's actually so embarrass... more
During the one hour of the day she's not needed by her hu... more
Harriet refuses to read her work for her grandmother's fr... more
A feverish descent down a slippery slope. I can't say more.
The writer's ailing father demands she tell him a good st... more
A father receives a dramatic butt-dialed voicemail from a... more

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