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Jim Latham's avatar

Phil, It took me longer than anticipated to circle back from your post What Killed the Short Story, but this morning I finally did, reading and greatly enjoying Bin Man and Herr Freidrich’s Fabulous Kabaret. Bravo to you on two excellent stories. Bin Man is one of the very few second-person POV stories I've enjoyed.

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Philip Charter's avatar

Thanks Jim. So many readers hate the second person. Admittedly, it only really works in short fiction, and shouldn't be overused, but I love it. Thanks for reading.

I too have been a bad substacker, and have not checked out as many of your posts as I should have. I'll be reading more soon.

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Jim Latham's avatar

Have your read Carlos Fuentes’s Aura? That’s the longest but if second-person I’ve read.

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