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In her newest short fiction collection, van den Berg (The Third Hotel) serves up an assortment of complex and satisfying not-quite-ghost stories. These deceptively dense tales often visit similar territory—women, less successful younger sisters or slightly flawed daughters, who have missed some imperceptible benchmark in life—yet there is no sense of sameness. Rather, in stories ranging from "Your Second Wife,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More