August 2019 favorites

August 2019

The August stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘Pig-hoo-o-o-o-e-y’ by P.G. Wodehouse
2. ‘The Peace Of Utrecht’ by Alice Munro
3. ‘Charles’ by Shirley Jackson
4. ‘The Thistles In Sweden’ by William Maxwell
5. ‘In The White Night’ by Ann Beattie
6. ‘No One’s A Mystery’ by Elizabeth Tallent
7. ‘The Patterns Of Love’ by William Maxwell
8. ‘The Trojan Women’ by William Maxwell
9. ‘What’s Your Problem?’ by Robert Boles
10. ‘The Pilgrimage’ by William Maxwell
11. ‘Heaven On A Summer Night’ by Ann Beattie
12. ‘The Poor Orphan Girl’ by William Maxwell
13. ‘The Lookout’ by Cyrus Colter
14. ‘Coney Island’ by Ann Beattie
15. ‘Pygmalion’ by John Updike
16. ‘Lofty’ by Ann Beattie
17. ‘High School’ by Ann Beattie
18. ‘To The Moon And Back’ by Etgar Keret

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