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05. City of the Dog, 3 stars. Insecure boyfriend can't get over girlfriend's infidelity, tries to help an injured animal.
06. The Shallows, 3 stars. Man tells crab about a mistreated dog his family wanted to adopt.
07. The Revel, 2 stars. Scenes from a werewolf script.

01. Kids, 3 stars. Teacher is interrupted by group of children much younger than his normal class.
02. How the Day Runs Down, 3 stars. Character in a play recounts the zombifying of America.
03. Technicolor, 3 stars. Teacher lectures about Edgar Allan Poe's supposed inspiration by an obscure occult book.
04. The Wide, Carnivorous Sky, 3 stars. Injured veterans plot to kill monster that slaughtered most of their men.

08. The Man Whom the Trees Loved, 3 stars. Religious zealot wife suspects trees are in league with the devil because her husband is fond of them, husband would prefer to be married to a cedar.
09. Sand, 1 star. Restless wanderer gets taken in big time by two wannabe Egyptian cultists, agrees to help with ritual.

05. The Man Who Found Out (A Nightmare), 2 stars. Doctor finds out the terrible meaning of life from stone tablets, leaves the translation to his protégé in his will.
06. The Wendigo, 4 stars. [2014]
07. The Glamour of the Snow, 2 stars. Boring guy meets a mysterious girl while skating at night, follows her up a mountain.

01. Smith: An Episode in a Lodging-House, 2 stars. Doctor lives in the same boarding house as a lanky magician that never knocks.
02. The Willows, 5 stars. [2013]
03. The Insanity of Jones (A Study in Reincarnation), 3 stars. Clerk is convinced his manager tortured him in another life.
04. Ancient Sorceries, 2 stars. Englishman stops off at a French town, thinks everyone is a cat person.

10. Dream Spot, 3 stars. Bickering couple can't decide on anything, argue about where to go on vacation.
11. One United, 2 stars. Crazy sister rides along with brother to threaten some decent folk.
12. Returning the River, 3 stars. Older brother goes off his medication, burns neighbor's house down.

06. Night Stand, 2 stars. Man questions his life after killing a home intruder.
07. Two Things, 2 stars. Father is unimpressed by his violent criminal son becoming a poet.
08. The Horse in Our History, 2 stars. Writer tries to find the truth surrounding the hushed up murder of a man.
09. Woe to Live On, 3 stars. Three generations of father against son stemming from war crimes against their own people.

01. The Echo of Neighborly Bones, 3 stars. Husband murders his neighbor, uses his body as a stress reliever.
02. Uncle, 3 stars. Niece takes care of her evil invalid uncle.
03. Twin Forks, 3 stars. Man buys campground because he saw a pretty girl there once.
04. Florianne, 2 stars. Father wonders who killed his daughter.
05. Black Step, 2 stars. Veteran kills a hurt cow, contemplates returning to active duty.

Wiki: "He shoved cobwebs in the corner aside and searched among hoes, rakes, a busted scythe, until he came across his old three-tined frog gig."

09. What You Want to Do Fine, 3 stars. Couple grouse their way through a long road trip.
10. Real Estate, 3 stars. Miserable couple buys a house, miserable man commits bizarre crimes.
11. People Like That Are the Only People Here: Canonical Babbling in Peed Onk, 4 stars. A terrifying experience with toddler cancer.
12. Terrific Mother, 4 stars. Woman is shattered after causing an accidental death, marries on a whim.

05. Agnes of Iowa, 3 stars. Dissatisfied teacher endures sex with dissatisfied husband to procreate.
06. Charades, 2 stars. Family with adult children play charades.
07. Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens, 3 stars. Otherwise happy woman is grief-stricken from the loss of a pet.
08. Beautiful Grade, 3 stars. Teacher attends NYE party with his much younger girlfriend.

01. Willing, 3 stars. Washed up actress moves back home to be dissatisfied in a different place.
02. Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People, 2 stars. Flighty dissatisfied woman tours Ireland with her mother.
03. Dance in America, 3 stars. Dance teacher meets former friend and his family after a long absence.
04. Community Life, 3 stars. Introverted librarian has relationship with extroverted scumbag.

Word: "... thought of the Ferrars affair when it came on the tapis."

1. A cloth worked with artistic designs in colours, used as a curtain, table-cloth, carpet, or the like.

2. Phrase. on (upon) the tapis [from F. sur le tapis], on the table-cloth, under discussion or consideration.

3. tapis vert, a long strip of grass-covered ground; a grass walk.

11. The Ballad of Lost C'mell, 2 stars. Politician uses affectionate cat girl to further his agenda.
12. A Planet Named Shayol, 3 stars. Political prisoners are sent to a planet to become immortal permanently growing transplant donors.

08. Under Old Earth, 1 star. Dying old man visits lawless underground dancers.
09. Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons, 2 stars. Formerly rich planet bets its whole past/present/future on one thief outsmarting a planet's security system.
10. Alpha Ralpha Boulevard, 2 stars. Newly French couple visit an ancient oracle.

07. The Dead Lady of Clown Town, 2 stars. A dog-girl lovingly becomes a martyr for animal people everywhere.

04. The Burning of the Brain, 2 stars. Once beautiful woman craves hero husband's destruction to prove his love???
05. The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal, 2 stars. Man is lured into trap by a sexy voice, creates master race of cats.
06. Golden the Ship Was—Oh! Oh! Oh!, 1 star. Hero wipes out planet, has memory erased.

01. Scanners Live in Vain, 2 stars. Men volunteer to become cyborgs to do space stuff, resent their job being made redundant.
02. The Lady Who Sailed The Soul, 2 stars. Woman endures agony to pilot a ship because she has serious hotpants for another pilot she met once.
03. The Game of Rat and Dragon, 2 stars. Telepathic space fighter is in love with his cat fighting partner.

Word/Wiki: "...was a little too apt to indulge that Kind of Pleasantry which is generally called Rhodomontade..."

1. A vainglorious brag or boast; an extravagantly boastful or arrogant saying or speech.

Rodomontade > Rodomonte

Word: "Nor do I fear that my sensible Reader, though most luxurious in his Taste, will start, cavil , or be offended, because I have named but one Article."

1. A captious, quibbling, or frivolous objection.

2. The raising of frivolous objections; cavilling.

3. A flout, gibe, jeer. Obs.

4. Comb., as cavil-proof adj.

DNF.

06. Denis Johnson - Dirty Wedding, 1 star. Guy takes girl to get an abortion, wanders around after.
07. David Bezmozgis - Natasha, 2 stars. Slacker has sex with his new underaged cousin.
08. Deborah Eisenberg - Some Other, Better Otto, 2 stars. Selfish guy makes everything about him, attends family Thanksgiving.
09. Milan Kundera - The Hitchhiking Game, 2 stars. Couple's pretend-to-be-strangers game goes too far.

01. Harold Brodkey - First Love and Other Sorrows, 1 star. Lazy boy's sister is encouraged to settle down with any wealthy boy.
02. Anton Chekhov - The Lady with the Little Dog, 2 stars. Womanizer has an affair with a woman he looks down on.
03. Grace Paley - Love, 1 star. Married couple chat about their past loves.
04. William Faulkner - A Rose for Emily, 4 stars. [2017]
05. James Joyce - The Dead, 4 stars. [2014]

04. On the High Marsh, 3 stars. Powerful stranger wanders into a rural area to cure sick animals, meets a kind lady.
05. Dragonfly, 3 stars. Powerful but ignorant girl defies custom by asking to learn wizardry.
06. A Description of Earthsea, 3 stars. Brief history of the people and traditions.

01. The Finder, 3 stars. Men are unreliable and think they know best, forming a magic school.
02. Darkrose and Diamond, 2 stars. Spoiled boy gives up all his talents after that first time not getting his own way.
03. The Bones of the Earth, 3 stars. Old teacher reminisces about his student, senses an earthquake.

27. Julián Fuks - A Time of Death, the Death of Time, 2 stars. Writer feels stunted by pandemic, goes to see parents.
28. John Wray - Barcelona: Open City, 3 stars. Slacker starts a small business & gets a girlfriend during lockdown.
29. Matthew Baker - Origin Story, 3 stars. Matriarch of the family invents a way to make ice cream last longer, granddaughter refuses to try it.

25. Esi Edugyan - To the Wall, 2 stars. Unhappy couple visit China, the future will be even worse.
26. Laila Lalami - That Time at My Brother’s Wedding, 3 stars. Sister is guilted into international travel by her brother, gets stuck there waiting for a flight home.

22. Rivers Solomon - Prudent Girls, 4 stars. Shrewd religious teenager decides to break her mother out of prison.
23. Yiyun Li - Under the Magnolia, 2 stars. Parents procrastinate making a will until a global pandemic.
24. Dina Nayeri - The Cellar, 3 stars. Iranian couple reminisce about the sexy times they used to have in bomb shelters.

19. Téa Obreht - The Morningside, 2 stars. Children are curious about foreign neighbor with three dogs.
20. Alejandro Zambra - Screen Time, 3 stars. Parents try to limit child's exposure to TV, but quarantine makes it a tempting distraction.
21. Dinaw Mengestu - How We Used to Play, 3 stars. Career taxi driver struggles with lack of fares.