Author: bcw56

March 2023

The March stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘The Past Perfect, The Past Continuous, The Simple Past’ by Claire Vaye Watkins
2. ‘When Mr. Pirzada Came To Dine’ by Jhumpa Lahiri
3. ‘Sliding’ by Leslie Norris
4. ‘Different People’ by Clare Sestanovich
5. ‘A Choice Of Butchers’ by William Trevor
6. ‘Rondine Al Nido’ by Claire Vaye Watkins
7. ‘The Stain’ by Tessa Hadley
8. ‘Sarah’ by Mary Lavin
9. ‘Matrilineal’ by Tessa Hadley
10. ‘Bad Boy’ by Kristen Roupenian
11. ‘The Widow’s Son’ by Mary Lavin
12. ‘The Piano Teacher’s Pupil’ by William Trevor
13. ‘Wife Wooing’ by John Updike
14. ‘In The Middle Of The Fields’ by Mary Lavin
15. ‘The Adulterous Woman’ by Albert Camus
16. ‘Coda’ by Tessa Hadley
17. ‘Encounters With Unexpected Animals’ by Bret Anthony Johnston
18. ‘Brother Boniface’ by Mary Lavin
19. ‘The Bunty Club’ by Tessa Hadley
20. ‘Happiness’ by Mary Lavin
21. ‘The Ormulu Clock’ by Muriel Spark
22. ‘An Upheaval’ by Anton Chekhov
23. ‘The Itch’ by Don DeLillo
24. ‘Ceil’ by Harold Brodkey
25. ‘Look At Your Game, Girl’ by Kristen Roupenian
26. ‘One Sun Only’ by Camille Bordas
27. ‘After The Funeral’ by Tessa Hadley
28. ‘The Ugliest Babies In The World’ by Vanessa Chan
29. ‘The Night We All Had Grippe’ by Shirley Jackson
30. ‘The Father’ by Raymond Carver
31. ‘Head Over Knees’ by Eric Schlich

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