Loose Diamonds: ...and other things I've lost (and found) along the way
by Amy Ephron
Flat and contrived(9/1/2011)
Despite their abbreviated length, good short stories have interesting characters and engaging story lines --- these did not! The characters were flat and the stories contrived, as if the author got hold of a tidbit of information (perhaps from a Google search?) and wrote a story around it. Couldn't get into this one at all...
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