Short Story Magic Tricks

3rd Quarter 2025

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

1. ‘Peking Duck’ by Ling Ma
2. ‘Conversion Of The Jews’ by Philip Roth
3. ‘Happiest Moment’ by Lydia Davis
4. ‘Scales’ by Louise Erdrich
5. ‘Best Western’ by Louise Erdrich
6. ‘The Red Convertible’ by Louise Erdrich
7. ‘Great Experiment’ by Jeffrey Eugenides
8. ‘Every Night For A Thousand Years’ by Chris Adrian
9. ‘Lies’ by Ethan Canin
10. ‘The Hollow Children’ by Louise Erdrich
11. ‘Nothing To Declare’ by Richard Ford
12. ‘Fires’ by Rick Bass
13. ‘The Hand’ by Colette
14. ‘Snares’ by Louise Erdrich
15. ‘The Prom Terrorists’ by Rabih Alameddine
16. ‘A Woman Driving Alone’ by Marie-Helene Bertino
17. ‘Still-Life’ by John Updike
18. ‘The Ghost Birds’ by Karen Russell
19. ‘Psychology’ by Katherine Mansfield
20. ‘How To Make The Wrong Impression’ by Katherine Heiny

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