The Ones That Got Away
These thirteen stories are our own lives, inside out. A boy's summer romance doesn't end in that good kind of heartbreak, but in blood. A girl on a fishing trip makes a friend in the woods who's exactly what she needs, except then that friend follows her back to the city. A father hears a voice through his baby monitor that shouldn't be possible, but now he can't stop listening. A woman finds out that the shipwreck wasn't the disaster, but who she's shipwrecked with. A big brother learns just what he will, and won't, trade for one night of sleep. From prison guards making unholy alliances to snake-oil men in the Old West doling out justice, these stories carve down into the body of the mind, into our most base fears and certainties, and there's no anesthetic. Turn the light on if you want, but that just makes for more shadows.
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"Turn the light on if you want, but that just makes for more shadows."
Best. Fucking. Description. EVER!
this book is so good, if you thought his novels were great, his shorts may be even better
"this book is so good, if you thought his novels were great, his shorts may be even better."
See? That's exactly how I felt about this one vs. Del Rio. I think there was a Lot of hype around Del Rio, and while I found it entertaining and original, and well done -I have to say that it's The Ones That Got Away that really did it for me as far as SGJ in 2010.
Like Mirka, I absolutely adore Bleed into Me. And while I am slightly disappointed to read that The Ones That Got Away isn't quite the same type of lyrical haunt, I still cannot be disappointed by a SGJ short story. It's on my to-read stack.