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sarahabein.bsky.social · @sarahabein.bsky.social@bridge.neodb.net

Rated The Suburban Swindle 6/10

It’s a slim volume, eight stories alone, but all are drenched in the smallest details — the way a bitter drink slides down throats, the texture of scars from old wounds, and the way the one’s environment turns otherworldly while under the influence.<br><br>I didn’t love every story — some seemed too lost in the details at the expense of plot — but I did appreciate the realness of each character. None are all that likeable, but I’ve certainly met people like them. They’re the screwed up men and women you see out in dive bars, scruffy and intense with one another, knowing the bartender by name. They smoke cheap cigarettes outside and talk blithely about their buddy’s most recent criminal troubles.<br><br><i>(Full review can be found at <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2010/09/suburban-swindle-by-jackie-corley.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)</i>

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Published 2026-08-18 21:03 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere