3rd Quarter 2026 favorites

3rd Quarter 2026

The 3rd Quarter (Jul-Sep) stories ordered solely by my personal tastes.

1. ‘Doctor Jack-O’-Lantern’ by Richard Yates
2. ‘The Stackpole Legend’ by Wendell Berry
3. ‘The Second Tree From The Corner’ by E.B. White
4. ‘The Life Cycle Of A Literary Genius’ by E.B. White
5. ‘The Saint’ by V.S. Pritchett
6. ‘The Seaside Houses’ by John Cheever
7. ‘Wild Swans’ by Alice Munro
8. ‘Fun With A Stranger’ by Richard Yates
9. ‘The Import’ by Jai Chakraparti
10. ‘Tower Of Babylon’ by Ted Chiang
11. ‘The Judge’s Wife’ by Isabel Allende
12. ‘A Shameful Affair’ by Kate Chopin
13. ‘Leaving For Kenosha’ by Richard Ford
14. ‘Genealogy’ by Maud Casey
15. ‘The Cinderella Waltz’ by Ann Beattie
16. ‘Understand’ by Ted Chiang
17. ‘So Long’ by Lucia Berlin
18. ‘My Double And How He Undid Me’ by Edward Everett Hale

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