September 2019 favorites

September 2019

The September stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘Secretary’ by Mary Gaitskill
2. ‘The Elephant Vanishes’ by Haruki Murakami
3. ‘Romantic Weekend’ by Mary Gaitskill
4. ‘The Vane Sisters’ by Vladimir Nabokov
5. ‘An Affair Of Honor’ by Vladimir Nabokov
6. ‘The Girl Who Raised Pigeons’ by Edward P. Jones
7. ‘Young Lions’ by Edward P. Jones
8. ‘Breaking The News’ by Vladimir Nabokov
9. ‘The Morning After The Big Fire’ by Maeve Brennan
10. ‘The Store’ by Edward P. Jones
11. ‘Music’ by Vladimir Nabokov
12. ‘The Blanket’ by Mary Gaitskill
13. ‘Because They Wanted To’ by Mary Gaitskill
14. ‘Man-Eating Cats’ by Haruki Murakami
15. ‘The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day’ by Haruki Murakami
16. ‘A Butterfly On F Street’ by Edward P. Jones
17. ‘His Mother’s House’ by Edward P. Jones
18. ‘Birthday Girl’ by Haruki Murakami
19. ‘A Dream Of Men’ by Mary Gaitskill
20. ‘A New Man’ by Edward P. Jones
21. ‘A Dark Night’ by Edward P. Jones
22. ‘The Ice Man’ by Haruki Murakami
23. ‘The Thunderstorm’ by Vladimir Nabokov

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