Author: bcw56

April 2024

The April stories ordered solely by my personal tastes.

1. ‘The Basement Room’ by Graham Greene
2. ‘Barn Burning’ by Haruki Murakami
3. ‘Boys And Girls Like You And Me’ by Aryn Kyle
4. ‘The Sea Latch’ by Cara Blue Adams
5. ‘Hole’ by Andrew Porter
6. ‘Face Time’ by Lorrie Moore
7. ‘The Reverse Bug’ by Lore Segal
8. ‘The Eclipse’ by Elizabeth Spencer
9. ‘A Wet Day’ by Mary Lavin
10. ‘Paradise’ by Edna O’Brien
11. ‘The Swan’ by Roald Dahl
12. ‘Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People’ by Lorrie Moore
13. ‘The Disappeared’ by Andrew Porter
14. ‘B.F. And Me’ by Lucia Berlin
15. ‘By The Waters Of Babylon’ by Stephen Vincent Benét
16. ‘A Thing At Work’ by George Saunders
17. ‘I, Buffalo’ by Vauhini Vara
18. ‘The Mom Of Bold Action’ by George Saunders
19. ‘The Man Who Loved Islands’ by D.H. Lawrence
20. ‘Draft Day’ by Rattawut Lapcharoensap
21. ‘Texas’ by David Gates
22. ‘Wish You Were Here’ by Claire Vaye Watkins
23. ‘A Sheltered Woman’ by Yiyun Li
24. ‘The Greatest Gift’ by Philip Van Doren Stern
25. ‘Unknown Unknowns’ by Vauhini Vara
26. ‘Chance The Cat’ by David Means
27. ‘The Island’ by Tove Jansson
28. ‘Island’ by Gretel Ehrlich
29. ‘The Wisdom Of Eve’ by Mary Orr
30. ‘Life Without Children’ by Roddy Doyle

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