Helix by Banana Yoshimoto, 1995 Continue reading
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‘A Clean Marriage’ by Sayaka Murata
A Clean Marriage by Sayaka Murata, 2014 Continue reading
‘The Dark Lantern’ by Jules Renard
The Dark Lantern by Jules Renard, 1893 Continue reading
‘Offside Constantly’ by Camille Bordas
Offside Constantly by Camille Bordas, 2021 Continue reading
‘Mateo Falcone’ by Prosper Mérimée
Mateo Falcone by Prosper Mérimée, 1829 Continue reading
‘Confessing’ by Guy de Maupassant
Confessing by Guy de Maupassant, 1884 Continue reading
‘Miss Harriet’ by Guy de Maupassant
Miss Harriet by Guy de Maupassant, 1883 Continue reading
‘Idyll’ by Guy de Maupassant
Idyll by Guy de Maupassant, 1884 Continue reading
‘Guy de Maupassant’ by Isaac Babel
Guy de Maupassant by Isaac Babel, 1932 Continue reading
October 2021 favorites
The October stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Suspicion’ by Dorothy Sayers
- ‘Bad Dreams’ by Tessa Hadley
- ‘Mrs. Charbury At Eltham’ by Max Porter
- ‘The Man Who Knew How’ by Dorothy Sayers
- ‘The Flight Of Geese’ by Leslie Norris
- ‘The Open Window’ by Saki
- ‘The Lighthouse’ by Agnes Owens
- ‘Pornography’ by Ian McEwan
- ‘De Mortuis’ by John Collier
- ‘The Fountain Plays’ by Dorothy Sayers
- ‘An Arrow O’er The House’ by Dorothy Sayers
- ‘Then Later, His Ghost’ by Sarah Hall
- ‘When The Door Closed, It Was Dark’ by Alison Moore
- ‘Le Miroir’ by Robert Aickman
- ‘Dilemma’ by Dorothy Sayers
- ‘August Heat’ by W.F. Harvey
- ‘The Demon Lover’ by Elizabeth Bowen
- ‘The Apparition Of Mrs. Veal’ by Daniel Defoe
- ‘The Mystery Of Hunter’s Lodge’ by Agatha Christie
- ‘A Haunted House’ by Virginia Woolf
- ‘The Crystal Egg’ by H.G. Wells
- ‘The Lamp’ by Agatha Christie
- ‘Click-Clack The Rattlebag’ by Neil Gaiman
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