Sticks by George Saunders (2013, published in The Tenth of December)
Tuesday’s Flash Fiction November 6, 2018
If you haven’t read George Saunders (Lincoln in the Bardo, Man Booker Prize Winner), an author who wanted to be Jack Kerouac II, you might like to explore Saunders talent in today’s flash fiction Sticks. At 400 words (4-minute reading time), you’ll barely have time to finish your cup of coffee. Flash fiction has created a new surge in short stories. And Sticks is among the best of them. This is about a dad gone off the rails, an amazing little story into the mind of grief.
Read it here at University of New Mexico:
http://www.unm.edu/~gmartin/535/Sticks.htm
The New Yorker readers know Saunders well. He’s published short stories, essays, novels, children’s books, won numerous literary awards, including a Bram Stoker finalist Award for his short story Home.
You can read Home here at the NewYorker.com
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/06/13/home-george-saunders
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It’s amazing what you can do with only 400 words…
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Thanks so much for the link – I love George Saunders!
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