Short Story Magic Tricks

January 2024

The January stories ordered solely by my personal tastes.

1. ‘City Of Churches’ by Donald Barthelme
2. ‘In The Cart’ by Anton Chekhov
3. ‘Parker’s Back’ by Flannery O’Connor
4. ‘Death’ by Sherwood Anderson
5. ‘Sophistication’ by Sherwood Anderson
6. ‘Harrison Bergeron’ by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
7. ‘The Continuity Of Parks’ by Julio Cortázar
8. ‘The Night’s For Cryin’’ by Chester Himes
9. ‘Love Is Not A Pie’ by Amy Bloom
10. ‘The House Behind’ by Lydia Davis
11. ‘Queer’ by Sherwood Anderson
12. ‘The Untold Lie’ by Sherwood Anderson
13. ‘Fjord Of Killary’ by Kevin Barry
14. ‘Drink’ by Sherwood Anderson
15. ‘U.F.O. In Kushiro’ by Haruki Murakami
16. ‘Ruthy And Edie’ by Grace Paley
17. ‘What It Takes To Keep A Young Girl Alive’ by Jayne Anne Phillips
18. ‘In A Different Light’ by Elizabeth Taylor
19. ‘Departure’ by Sherwood Anderson
20. ‘An Awakening’ by Sherwood Anderson
21. ‘Under The Boardwalk’ by Jayne Anne Phillips
22. ‘One Night In New Jersey’ by Chester Himes
23. ‘It’s Not You’ by Elizabeth McCracken
24. ‘Three Popes Walk Into A Bar’ by Amy Hempel
25. ‘My Mother’s Memoirs, My Father’s Lie, And Other True Stories’ by Russell Banks
26. ‘Pool Night’ by Amy Hempel
27. ‘Thunderbirds: Who, Why, and How’ by Rebecca Scherm
28. ‘University Days’ by James Thurber
29. ‘An Enigmatic Nature’ by Anton Chekhov
30. ‘The New Lodger’ by Amy Hempel
31. ‘Detour’ by Évelyne Trouillot

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