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SSDG
Short Story Discussion Group Β· est. 2022
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RECENT
"Plants, Stones, Dirt, and Sky" – Yan Lianke (JC)
"Wing's Chips" – Mavis Gallant (Hannah)
"Repent, Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman" – Harlan Ellison (Ruben)
"My Dear You" – Rachel Khong (John)
"Unreasonable" – Rivka Galchen
"Hunter's Moon" – Thomas Lynch
"Signs and Symbols" – Vladimir Nabokov
"Origin Story" – Kelly Link
"The Lesson" – Kelly Link
β†’ Full archive (96 stories)
STATS
96
stories
40
meetings
3
years
ABOUT

Four friends meeting monthly since 2022 to discuss short stories. One person picks two stories, everyone reads, we talk for 75 minutes on Google Meet.

"Two stories, two different authors, hopefully two different time periods. I feel like we're reading good stuff and have good conversations. That's all I wanted out of the group."

THINGS WE LIKE

Older narrator coming to terms with childhood Β· Ambiguous endings Β· Devastating final paragraphs Β· Stories that reward re-reading Β· Short enough to read twice

"Another catnip is an open-ended story. The clean-cut ones we don't talk about as much."

Alis grave nil β€” "Nothing is heavy to those who have wings."