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"Chef's House" was originally published by The New Yorker magazine [1] in their November 30, 1981 issue, and was the first of Carver's stories to be published in the magazine. Later, it was published in the short story collections Cathedral in 1983 and Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories in 1988.
"Popular Mechanics" is the story of a couple that has been having relationship issues. Raymond Carver uses ambiguity in the story to describe the situation that is going on between the married couple. Although the problems they are having are not stated specifically, it is clear that the couple is moving apart from each other.
"Down at the Dinghy" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, originally published in Harper's in April 1949, [1] and included in the compilation, Nine Stories. [2]Written in the summer of 1948 at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, [3] the story marks a shift away from Salinger's literary misanthropy, which had largely been informed by his horrific combat experiences in Europe during World War II, [4] and ...
The story tells of a visit to a tunnel on the surface of the Moon which goes awry when a pressure seal fails, trapping three men (a supervisor, a reporter, and a tunnel worker). The title of the story derives from the way they plug an air leak while awaiting rescue: by sitting on it. The phrase "Gentlemen, Be Seated!"
That local focus remains even as The Fresno Bee’s stories are read across the globe. The Bee is among the top-read news sites in California’s central San Joaquin Valley, with an average of ...
The Illustrated Man is a 1951 collection of 18 science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring theme throughout the stories is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. It was nominated for the International Fantasy Award in 1952. [1]
It’s right there in the trailer: Cake, and cancer. Less obvious in the same trailer for the new Amazon Prime Video feature “Sitting in Bars with Cake,” premiering Friday, is that there’s ...
"Does a Bee Care?" was originally published in the June 1957 issue of If. "Does a Bee Care?" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov.It was first published in If: Worlds of Science Fiction in June 1957, and reprinted in the 1975 collection Buy Jupiter and Other Stories.