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There are stories, and there are Stories. The former are idle pleasantries, constructed to amuse, entertain, teach, or otherwise create an effect. The latter, ah the latter, are not constructed but rather, are born. They exist for no other purpose other than it is entirely right and proper that they do, and (I suspect) are written for no other reason than that they must be. In the last few weeks, I have been lucky enough to encounter, not one, but TWO volumes of the latter.
They come to me on two very different paths, yet two that are entirely appropriate.
( How they came to me )
Both volumes contain short Stories. There are Stories that make you cry with joy and others that make you cry with sadness and pain. This is Just and Proper, and Exactly What They Should Do. To keep things from being too confusing, I will denote the stories from the volumes as (CD) and (PC), so you know where to find them if you care.
One thing I miss from not working in the bookstore anymore is the ability to recommend books to specific people. So, here is the experiment: I am going to try to call out individual stories for individuals on my friends list. These are based on what I know about you, what I know about your reading habits, and general intuition. I would be very interested in learning if I was right (especially for those of you that I don't know terribly well yet). Also, if any of you have a problem with being listed next to a recommendation, let me know and I'll remove your link ASAP. (Not looking to piss anyone off here.) Also also, if you expected to be listed and weren't, let me know so I can keep you in mind for similar stories in the future.
( Recommendations - see if you're listed )
Now, the bad news is that Courting Disasters (And Other Strange Affinities) will be very hard to find, you might need to find one through a library. However, Portable Childhoods is still in print, so you should be able to find that one easily.
They come to me on two very different paths, yet two that are entirely appropriate.
( How they came to me )
Both volumes contain short Stories. There are Stories that make you cry with joy and others that make you cry with sadness and pain. This is Just and Proper, and Exactly What They Should Do. To keep things from being too confusing, I will denote the stories from the volumes as (CD) and (PC), so you know where to find them if you care.
One thing I miss from not working in the bookstore anymore is the ability to recommend books to specific people. So, here is the experiment: I am going to try to call out individual stories for individuals on my friends list. These are based on what I know about you, what I know about your reading habits, and general intuition. I would be very interested in learning if I was right (especially for those of you that I don't know terribly well yet). Also, if any of you have a problem with being listed next to a recommendation, let me know and I'll remove your link ASAP. (Not looking to piss anyone off here.) Also also, if you expected to be listed and weren't, let me know so I can keep you in mind for similar stories in the future.
( Recommendations - see if you're listed )
Now, the bad news is that Courting Disasters (And Other Strange Affinities) will be very hard to find, you might need to find one through a library. However, Portable Childhoods is still in print, so you should be able to find that one easily.
