6/12/2023 0 Comments Interstate by Stephen Dixon![]() ![]() In Time: two crazy sisters kidnap a guy named Charles The Intruder: narrator walks into his apartment as his girlfriend is about to be raped Here's a batch of openings:ġ4 Stories: Eugene Randall blows his brains out with a pistol Ĭut: doctors want to cut the narrator's leg off just below the hip since gangrene has set in ![]() The Stories of Stephen Dixon - 60 stories taken from a dozen previously published collections as well as chapters from his novel Frog. A Stephen Dixon short story spins and spins and spins and spins in an unending, compulsive gush, occasionally presenting multiple versions before (assuming a reliable narrator - always a shaky prospect with Dixon) landing on what actually happened. Oh, my goodness, the above observation hits the target smack in the middle. Stephen Dixon's genius (or compulsion) is to observe, then to speak not because he chooses to, perhaps - but because, as with all compulsion, he simply cannot stop himself." Jenifer Levin on Stephen Dixon's storytelling: "At its best, it is understated poetry: witty, heartbreaking, eye-opening. Welcome to the world of Stephen Dixon, a world where, more times than not, we're thrust head first into crisis erupting in an apartment or shop or office or on the streets of Manhattan. ![]()
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