August 2020 favorites

August 2020

The August stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘Emergency’ by Denis Johnson
2. ‘Godliness’ by Sherwood Anderson
3. ‘Mother’ by Sherwood Anderson
4. ‘Work’ by Denis Johnson
5. ‘Hands’ by Sherwood Anderson
6. ‘Paper Pills’ by Sherwood Anderson
7. ‘The Beach Boy’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
8. ‘Two Men’ by Denis Johnson
9. ‘Nobody Knows’ by Sherwood Anderson
10. ‘A Gold Slipper’ by Willa Cather
11. ‘Psychopolis’ by Ian McEwan
12. ‘The Philosopher’ by Sherwood Anderson
13. ‘Beverly Home’ by Denis Johnson
14. ‘A Man Of Ideas’ by Sherwood Anderson
15. ‘Twin Beds In Rome’ by John Updike
16. ‘The Stick Up’ by John Oliver Killens
17. ‘The Stone’ by Louise Erdrich
18. ‘Out On Bail’ by Denis Johnson
19. ‘Coming Soon’ by Steven Millhauser
20. ‘The Other Man’ by Denis Johnson
21. ‘Company For Gertrude’ by P.G. Wodehouse
22. ‘East Side: North Africa’ by Jane Bowles
23. ‘Steady Hands In Seattle General’ by Denis Johnson
24. ‘Television’ by Lydia Davis
25. ‘Blue Girl’ by Elizabeth Crane

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