Comments on: ‘Shot of Short’ #22: Wish Fulfillment by Mary Gaitskill http://robaroundbooks.com/2009/02/shot-of-short-22-wish-fulfillment-by-mary-gaitskill/ ...ahhh for the love of words Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:44:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob http://robaroundbooks.com/2009/02/shot-of-short-22-wish-fulfillment-by-mary-gaitskill/comment-page-1/#comment-3588 Rob Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:59:49 +0000 http://robaroundbooks.com/?p=4100#comment-3588 Lis, Great to hear from you - whether sober or not :o). Thank you for your kind words. 'A book a day for a year' - I think you're bordering on the insane, but given I keep scheming up wacky bookish challenges myself, I don't have a lot of room to talk (although I don't think even *I* would go for a book a DAY :o)) Favourite short story collection? - No one anthology springs to mind, although I love any short by Chekhov. I agree 'Wish Fulfillment' has a lot of promise in that opening line, but it just gets too obscure, too quickly. Glad I'm not the only one who thought that though :o) Anyway, nice to speak to you. Good luck with that insane challenge and speak to you soon I hope Rob Lis,
Great to hear from you – whether sober or not :o ). Thank you for your kind words.

‘A book a day for a year’ – I think you’re bordering on the insane, but given I keep scheming up wacky bookish challenges myself, I don’t have a lot of room to talk (although I don’t think even *I* would go for a book a DAY :o ))

Favourite short story collection? – No one anthology springs to mind, although I love any short by Chekhov.

I agree ‘Wish Fulfillment’ has a lot of promise in that opening line, but it just gets too obscure, too quickly. Glad I’m not the only one who thought that though :o )

Anyway, nice to speak to you. Good luck with that insane challenge and speak to you soon I hope
Rob

]]> By: Lis Ingram http://robaroundbooks.com/2009/02/shot-of-short-22-wish-fulfillment-by-mary-gaitskill/comment-page-1/#comment-3585 Lis Ingram Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:32:00 +0000 http://robaroundbooks.com/?p=4100#comment-3585 Interesting to read your site: I just stumbled upon it via Fifty-Two-Stories. com, which you link to here. '100 Shots of Short' sounds like an interesting challenge; I must investigate! I love short stories, I will take a good look around here for some inspiration. I decided a week ago to read a book a day for a year (I was drunk I think: now I'm sober, I'm including film adaptations too, so I don't go insane), so I'm happy to find sites like yours. Do you have a favourite short story collection? The Gaitskill story had a great opening line, don't you think?: One night Mary, a little girl with sisters and parents who loved her, woke in a dark forest. At first she was afraid and then she realized it was her backyard. After that, I'm not so sure! Interesting to read your site: I just stumbled upon it via Fifty-Two-Stories. com, which you link to here. ’100 Shots of Short’ sounds like an interesting challenge; I must investigate! I love short stories, I will take a good look around here for some inspiration.

I decided a week ago to read a book a day for a year (I was drunk I think: now I’m sober, I’m including film adaptations too, so I don’t go insane), so I’m happy to find sites like yours. Do you have a favourite short story collection?

The Gaitskill story had a great opening line, don’t you think?:

One night Mary, a little girl with sisters and parents who loved her, woke in a dark forest. At first she was afraid and then she realized it was her backyard.

After that, I’m not so sure!

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