The Fiction Spot
A snapshot review of a book related to the Non-fiction Feature
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The Pithy Take
Gutshot, a gory collection of short stories by Amelia Gray, isn’t about sexual assault per se. Instead, sexual assault and harassment linger in the background and creep from the edges. Some of the stories read like how a survivor would feel—livid, sorrowful, regretful—frantically imagining what could have been, while struggling to make sense of how things are.
I tried to think of when my luck had changed. It was maybe when I got off the bus and saw him sitting there, watching it roll on, and my brain said That one right there. It pointed, my brain: That one. Right there….Anyway, he dragged me back.
Gutshot
Author: Amelia Gray
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 209 | 2015
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