SHORTS
CULTURE
BOOKS
BEST
SUMMER
EVER
HUFFINGTON
05.26.13
Tell Us a Story
(in 200 Words or Less)
THIS SUMMER, rather than casting
our eye across the shelves like we usually do, we thought, why not go inward? We asked a handful of authors
with novels out this summer to share a
piece of their work with us. Nine brave
souls kindly obliged. In the spirit of adventure, we closed our eyes, stuck out
our index fingers, and pressed down on
a page, hoping for the best. The passages that came of this exercise rest on
details — a grin, a freak wave, a bite on
the arm — that at times read more like
poetry than prose.
From Dan Brown to Tao Lin, ahead
find nine excerpts that ask you to
go right ahead and
sink your teeth in.