Rag Pickers by Blaine Newton

Rag Pickers by Blaine Newton

Newton’s skill as a writer is in the subtlety of the twists in these stories, and I was continually astonished at how well he executed a story during my read. When I pulled out Blaine Newton’s short story collection Rag Pickers again, to prepare for this review, I went to look at some brief notes I’d made to include. And the one note that stood out to me after scanning them again was “haunting.” Rag Pickers is a sharp, clever set of stories, but…