Kimmen Sjolander long stories pick of the month real life stories Friday, December 30, 2022 Toothache by Kimmen Sjölander A Jewish WWII veteran in Connecticut suffers from a toothache that prompts him to wonder how alienated he has become from the people closest to him; by Kimmen Sjölander. Nominated for the PEN/Robert J Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers.The pain wasn't that bad. He'd dealt with worse in his eighty years, and in tougher quarters than his apartment in Connecticut. He could handle a s… Read more Labels: Kimmen Sjolander long stories pick of the month real life stories 14 comments: