Short Stories: Surprises and Twists
Five literary short stories with a twist by Alice Munro, Jorge Luis Borges, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lee Martin, and Jennifer Lynne Christie.
elements of surprise
Take It Apart by the Seams: Vera Tobin on Your Brain on Fiction
“Dumb-smart stories”, fake news, serial narratives, and surprise endings: an engaging conversation about cognitive bias with author Vera Tobin.
‘Elements of Surprise’ and the Pleasures of Being Had
Vera Tobin's work helps dispel 20th-century Freudian notions that we are made up of many inexplicable facets, that our motives are unknown to us, and that we repress all that we cannot deal with.