Okay, I'm a little early. I have to run an errand and as host this week, I wanted to make sure I welcomed everyone and thank you for taking your time to read my choice of stories.
While it isn't horror, and not from one of our go-to horror people, it is along the same vein of quirky odd like Joe Hill or Stephen himself can occasionally write.
What I love about Karen Russell is -- she takes this very ordinary, mundane situation or person-- life -- and drops this quirky-ass scenario smack dab in the middle of it and everyone in the story just rolls with it like it's an every day thing. I love that.
Just some odd ball bit of weird business plopped right into this average life. Surreal and yet, treated as just every day occurrence.
I love her descriptions. I love her turn of phrase. I love how her characters act and react to the Bog Girl.
Surreal, sweet, odd, charming, creepy -- so many words to use here.
I can't wait to hear what you guys think.
Did it work for you? Would you read more of her writing?
If anyone cares to check her out further, she has two more free stories in The New Yorker.
"Orange World" revolving around breast feeding. A very natural every day occurrence.
But wait, she has to breast feed what she thinks is the devil or (perhaps he's just a minor demon) to keep her family safe. The demon has threatened harm if she doesn't cooperate.
And, The Prospectors. That one is about ghosts.