The old lady who frequents the local accident stores finally buys one for herself.
(from The First Line, Spring 2004)
Not a tightly written story, but very imaginative and fun. This is sort of a dark, Roald Dahlian tale, with its own mixed up version of reality. It doesn’t make a ton of sense, but it plays by its own rules and makes you smile.
The First Line (linked here) is a publication which chooses the first sentence and lets authors build the story from there. This time the sentence was “There were five of them, which was two more than I’d been expecting.” The line didn’t figure in the story very much, but it didn’t seem out of place, either.
I also read this story. I thought it was a bit off at first. But as all the best stories do- it surpsised me in the end. I have read a few of Constance Lang’s works and have never been dissapointed, often amused.