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A review by geoffdgeorge
Gutshot by Amelia Gray
Read the thirty-eight short stories in this collection two or three at a time, in short bursts, between other books. Many of the shortest, oddest, most-open-to-interpretation ones wound up being my favorites. Among them:
"These Are the Fables"
"Gutshot"
"Labyrinth"
"The Swan As Metaphore for Love"
"A Contest"
"Christmas House"
"Thank You"
"Legacy"
The varied experimental, absurdist approaches and the often-truncated nature of the stories (some felt more like poems than narratives) reminded me of Donald Barthelme, in the best way. I found myself oftentimes jumping between emotions, laughing and sitting in ponderous, sober silence on the same page.
"These Are the Fables"
"Gutshot"
"Labyrinth"
"The Swan As Metaphore for Love"
"A Contest"
"Christmas House"
"Thank You"
"Legacy"
The varied experimental, absurdist approaches and the often-truncated nature of the stories (some felt more like poems than narratives) reminded me of Donald Barthelme, in the best way. I found myself oftentimes jumping between emotions, laughing and sitting in ponderous, sober silence on the same page.