The common thread of this year’s short story nominees is the lack of a twist or ambiguous ending. The stories are expertly written, but they seem to lack deeper meaning that one could discuss later, or contain something of a shock value that would wake the reader up from these pleasantly sounding stories. All stories, with a single exception, fall into this category, which is why it was easy for me to pick the outlier as my number one choice, but the rest is truly a toss-up.
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