"China-Ching" – Mark Stattelman

“China-Ching,” an odd, dark story of despair, desperation, and defiance. Also, what a reader brings to a story or book.

I covered G. Ranger Wormser’s book, The Scarecrow and other stories, in the last post, but I wanted to talk about this particular story for very specific reasons. While there were a number of strange and interesting stories in the book, “China-Ching” stands out. It’s …