On The Oregon Trail by Caitlin Horrocks, 2009 Continue reading
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‘The Prospectors’ by Karen Russell
The Prospectors by Karen Russell, 2015 Continue reading
‘Foaling Season’ by Aryn Kyle
Foaling Season by Aryn Kyle, 2004 Continue reading
‘Tiny In The Wilderness’ by Tom Drury
Tiny In The Wilderness by Tom Drury, 1992 Continue reading
‘Small Avalanches’ by Joyce Carol Oates
Small Avalanches by Joyce Carol Oates, 1974 Continue reading
‘The Mountain Day’ by Jean Stafford
The Mountain Day by Jean Stafford, 1956 Continue reading
‘Nest Egg’ by Jesse Stuart
Nest Egg by Jesse Stuart, 1944 Continue reading
‘Rain On Tanyard Hollow’ by Jesse Stuart
Rain On Tanyard Hollow by Jesse Stuart, 1941 Continue reading
‘Residents And Transients’ by Bobbie Ann Mason
Residents And Transients by Bobbie Ann Mason, 1982 Continue reading
February 2022 favorites
The February stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Are You All Right?’ by Wendell Berry
- ‘Three-Ten To Yuma’ by Elmore Leonard
- ‘Talkin Bout Sonny’ by Toni Cade Bambara
- ‘Detroit Skyline 1949’ by Bobbie Ann Mason
- ‘Dalyrimple Goes Wrong’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- ‘The Terrapin’ by Patricia Highsmith
- ‘Something Nice’ by Mary Gaitskill
- ‘A Visit’ by Steven Millhauser
- ‘Sun City’ by Caitlin Horrocks
- ‘The Tin Butterfly’ by Mary McCarthy
- ‘Do With Me What You Will’ by Joyce Carol Oates
- ‘A Figure Of Speech’ by Tess Gallagher
- ‘Death Of A Favorite’ by J.F. Powers
- ‘Haircut’ by Ring Lardner
- ‘Ghost Patrol’ by Sinclair Lewis
- ‘I Walk Between The Raindrops’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle
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