Eating Naked (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen Dobyns
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: The 1990's
- Setting: Rural New York
- Principal Characters: Bob Frankenmuth, Laura Spalding, Chuckie
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Husbands, New York, North America or North Americans, Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Traveling or travelers, Suicide, Twentieth century, Marriage, Rural or country life, Accidents, Death or dying, Carpentry or carpenters, Single people, 1990’s, Deer
- Locales: New York
The Story
This story is outwardly a simple one about the events that follow a nighttime accident on a rural road. Those events take an unusual turn, however, and end in a room in which social standards have, for the moment, been discarded.
At nightfall, Bob Frankenmuth is driving between cities but not paying attention to the road, being preoccupied with thoughts of leaving his wife. He hits a deer, which damages the right front end of his pickup truck, including one headlight. When he gets out to inspect the damage and the dead animal, he is surprised by the appearance...
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