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[READ: December 11, 2021] “Mr. Dombey, the Zombie”
This year, S. ordered me The Short Story Advent Calendar. This is my seventh time reading the Calendar. The 2021 Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of individually bound short stories.
As always, each story is a surprise, so you won’t know what you’re getting until you crack the seal every morning starting December 1. Once you’ve read that day’s story, check this link where editor Alberto Manguel is providing daily commentary on each of the stories he selected for this year’s calendar.
Mr Dombey was, indeed a zombie. He travelled the morning train every day and read the daily newspaper for his hounsi. His hounsi was interested in the latest rapes and murders, but not enough to read the paper herself. (more…)
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