The Cortege & Age Hung Us Out to Dry

While in Chicago, I read two incredible short stories.  First, I read B.R. Smith's "The Cortege" in Mississippi Review and it was breathtakingly good.  A brother and sister search for their missing father and find him, with sad results.  Then, not an hour later, I read Ryan Call's "Age Hung Us Out to Dry" in Hobart and it was amazingly good.  A brother and sister search for their missing father and find him, with sad results.

And yet, the stories are vastly different, each writer doing complicated and wonderful things with this initial premise.  I admire both of these writers a lot, seek out their work when it is published, and I think these are my favorite stories I've read by them.  B.R. and Ryan, you should read each other's story.  You would like each other, I think.  If you become fast friends and start going to see baseball games together, try to remember to invite me every once in a while so I don't feel left out.