short stories (Shiloh, Death by Landscape, Alive and Beautiful Monsters)

• When I started reading these short stories, I saw some resemblance to Cane and TTTC, because they are made-up stories that could have happened. In "Shiloh", you can see a relationship dwindling due to losing a child and/or not having the same feelings about their significant other.  In "Alive", I saw resemblances to a person in my life who had Leukemia and he couldn't do things wanted to do, like play his snare drum in the Memorial Day Parade with his high school marching band. This story hit home and it was very hard for me to read because some of the events in this story do happen in reality. 
• In "Beautiful Monsters", the creative style of having this be way in the future and there is a lack of parents and "childhood" activities. In "Death by Landscape", I was very surprised by the influence Lucy had on the narrator of the story. Some other short stories that I have read, don't really a moral or a person that influences someone and I loved that about this story.