I really enjoyed Swamplandia by Karen Russell so I picked up her book of short stories called Vampires In The Lemon Grove. I didn't like it as much as Swamplandia but the stories were interesting and a little scary. A little magic or fantasy in involved in all eight stories. The first story is about a married couple of vampires living in Italy. Instead of drinking blood, they eat lemons to slake their thirst. They debate moving again. They have lived for centuries and have lived all over the world. Just the first story is set in Italy. One interesting story was set in Japan at a silk worm farm. Another story about a group of boys is set in New Jersey. Another story is set in Antarctica. One of my favorite stories is set in a barn in the Midwest. This barn has 18 horses. Exactly half of the horses are former (lesser known) Presidents of the United States. The narrator of the story is the horse that is Rutherford B. Hayes. Karen Russell has quite the imagination.
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