December 2022 favorites

December 2022

The December stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘Read This And Tell Me What It Says’ by A. Manette Ansay
2. ‘The Happiest I’ve Been’ by John Updike
3. ‘A Jury Of Her Peers’ by Susan Glaspell
4. ‘God Writes A Bad Hand’ by J.F. Powers
5. ‘Naked Ladies’ by Antonya Nelson
6. ‘The Champ’ by Pedro Juan Soto
7. ‘Sybil’ by A. Manette Ansay
8. ‘Grandma’s Wake’ by Emilio Díaz Valcárcel
9. ‘Changes In Louise’ by Tom Drury
10. ‘The Sculptor’s Funeral’ by Willa Cather
11. ‘Agnes Of Iowa’ by Lorrie Moore
12. ‘Kansas’ by Antonya Nelson
13. ‘Camping Out’ by James Wilcox
14. ‘Beautiful Grade’ by Lorrie Moore
15. ‘Purification On Cristo Street’ by René Marqués
16. ‘Spit In The Governor’s Tea’ by Shay Youngblood
17. ‘Peyo Mercé: English Teacher’ by Abelardo Díaz Alfaro
18. ‘Dundun’ by Denis Johnson
19. ‘The Way Of The World’ by Willa Cather
20. ‘One Christmas’ by Truman Capote
21. ‘The Artichoke’ by Marilyn Krysl

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