Margaret Atwood

Cut and Thirst

Another of her Amazon original short stories, I honestly love seeing these pop up randomly.

Years ago, one of the friends made an enemy of an up and coming writer by not including him in their anthology. The scorned writer then launched a campaign of hate that spanned an entire friend group and multiple years.

Now, much older, and some of them even grandmothers, they tend to reminisce over drinks and cheeses…oh and discuss murder. The short story that follows is one of revenge, nostalgia, and grudges held. Atwood continues her craft with lightning quick prose and witty writing.

They might never get all the way up to murder, but laxative filled hash brownies is awfully funny.

C. J. Daley 

Another of her Amazon original short stories, I honestly love seeing these pop up randomly.

Years ago, one of the friends made an enemy of an up and coming writer by not including him in their anthology. The scorned writer then launched a campaign of hate that spanned an entire friend group and multiple years.

Now, much older, and some of them even grandmothers, they tend to reminisce over drinks and cheeses…oh and discuss murder. The short story that follows is one of revenge, nostalgia, and grudges held. Atwood continues her craft with lightning quick prose and witty writing.

They might never get all the way up to murder, but laxative filled hash brownies is awfully funny.

Leyla Gulsen

This story starts with dialogue of multiple characters, but with little to no context. I was immediately confused. I never have to read a synopsis to understand a book before reading, books usually introduce the story to the reader, but this was not the case. I understand this is just a short story, but I just needed a minor breakdown of what is going on really, or maybe I just didn’t read this right. I enjoyed the personality of the narrator and characters, but with the first 10 pages filled with dialogue and banter, it was too confusing. 

I rate this short story 2 stars solely for its confusion, because I like the authors writing and I feel like with better context I could enjoy this story. Even though I rated fairly low, this still encourages me to read The Handmaid’s Tale because I do enjoy the authors writing.

Cut and Thirst

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