And there was the stories that we're told. There was the story of all the people at the writer's retreat. The format of the book was a little weird.
The stories all had interesting twists and a connection to the character telling the story. My favorite stories in the collection were Slumming and Dissertation.
Although we both agreed if we were watching it happen, we would probably be grossed out. She laughed out loud several times while reading. I thought maybe I was just jaded, so I had a coworker read it. But the story didn't provoke any great feelings from me. I had already heard about 'Guts', supposed to have induced people to faint during readings. I went into this novel hoping it would be scary.
