Currently I am reading "The Thurber Carnival" by James Thurber.
I had read some of the short stories but I forgot how funny Thurber can be inside ten pages. It's a style I greatly envy. I wrote the beginnings of a short story the other day, read some Thurber and immediately resigned myself to mediocrity.
Mitty is always a favourite but The Catbird Seat and The Man Who Hated Moonbaum were new to me. The Cane In The Corridor was particularly memorable, I'm still trying to figure it out.
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