More Stupefying Stories (from the Showcase and ebook magazine)

"A Hole" by Jason Armstrong

A guy comes over to fix a hole in a wall for a six-pack.  He finds doll furniture.  Super cool premise that didn't quite get its feet off the ground.  Dang.  (I was rooting for the story since I've lived in Nebraska, too.)

"In Vino Veritas" by Anatoly Belilovsky

Taking off of Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado", Belilovsky veers away from Poe's original, told from the other guy's perspective.  A tale of wine, women and song.

"We Talk Like Gods" by Jon David

A small treat.  Talking mice versus humans.  Interesting, fresh perspective.  It takes two traditions of these kinds of tales and mashes them up.

Stories and links from Stupefying Stories

Links:

The Slushpile Survival Guide A Manuscript's Odyssey (parts 1-5 in links)

Interesting observations about naming stories

Stories

Aaron Bradford Starr's "First Impressions"

Alien contact seems to be far harsher than the diplomat imagined.  While their technology sounds out of this world, their prices sound awfully steep.  Or are they just funning us?

"The Cat's Tale" by Simon Kewin

Schrodinger's cat is mad....  A short revenge monologue from the POV of the cat.  It may be useful as a way to cement student understanding the Schrodinger's cat experiment although it's not explanatory.

Jackie, We Hardly Knew Ye by Carly Berg

Famous first wife seeks revenge for infidelities.  Her societal weakness, her ire, becomes her strength.

The Storyteller by Alex Shvartsman

Scheherazade's story is a little different than you thought.

Two, a glimpse

TWO: The 2nd Annual Stupefying Stories Horror Special (STUPEFYING STORIES PRESENTS) 

I checked out the first couple of stories in the recently released horror anthology, Two.  Evan Dicken treats readers to the background character in most stories:  What if all of those weird, old store owners you bump into--the ones desined to give local color--just before you meet the crazed villains, what if they're all the same person?  Sure, they might introduce to nightmares you'll never forget, but if they like you, they might just help you out.  Might.

Jose Iriarte visits the creepy "priest" guy who works in the infirmary.  He so puts Cristina on edge that she goes out of her way to keep the sick girls from visiting him.  The tale is bi-lingual and may frustrate non-Spanish speakers when the context of what was said is not provided although intermediate Spanish speakers should enjoy the piece.

Interesting concept stories.