Short stories from the web. For daily updates follow #LunchTimeStories on Twitter. Elizabeth Benedict If I Could Speak Chinese Fred Bubbers Calvin’s Monster Truths Indian Summer Raymond Carver Why Don’t You Dance? Willa Cather Coming, Aphrodite! John Cheever The Swimmer … Continue reading →
Once again, John Gardner’s fictive dream, as articulated by novelist Ian McEwan. No one does psychological realism better than McEwan. There is no other art form that can envelop us so completely and embed emotions within us so deeply. We … Continue reading →
Edith Wharton is perhaps best known for her piercing portrayals of upper class New York society in her best known novels, House of Mirth and Age of Innocence. She did, however, on at least two occasions focus her attention and … Continue reading →
In the late 1850′s, three wealthy Russians have supper at the home of one of the men. After the plates are cleared away and the middle-aged gentlemen are enjoying cigars, they trade stories of their first loves. Two of them … Continue reading →
In part four of Ian McEwan’s Atonement, aging author Briony Tallis is revealed to be the author of the novel that comprises the previous three sections of the book. She is dying of vascular dementia, and that this, her last … Continue reading →
