Short Story Magic Tricks

June 2023

The June stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘The Gorge’ by Umberto Eco
2. ‘Not Here You Don’t’ by Thomas McGuane
3. ‘Just Before The War With The Eskimos’ by J.D. Salinger
4. ‘The Laughing Man’ by J.D. Salinger
5. ‘Paddle To Canada’ by Heather Monley
6. ‘Playin With Punjab’ by Toni Cade Bambara
7. ‘Waves Of Darkness’ by Cord Meyer Jr.
8. ‘Zero Pineapples’ by Timothy Willis Sanders
9. ‘Uncle Wiggily In Connecticut’ by J.D. Salinger
10. ‘Wish’ by Bobbie Ann Mason
11. ‘First Heat’ by Peter Taylor
12. ‘Billy Goats’ by Jill McCorkle
13. ‘Madame Lazarus’ by Maile Meloy
14. ‘The Entire Northern Side Was Covered With Fire’ by Rivka Galchen
15. ‘Girls In Their Summer Dresses’ by Irwin Shaw
16. ‘God’s Work’ by Kevin Canty
17. ‘The (Unhealthy) Breakfast Club’ by Monica Roe
18. ‘A Perfect Day For Bananafish’ by J.D. Salinger
19. ‘An Imperial Message’ by Franz Kafka
20. ‘It’s Just Another Day In Big Bear, California’ by Ann Beattie
21. ‘Raft In Water, Floating’ by A.M. Homes
22. ‘Down At The Dinghy’ by J.D. Salinger
23. ‘Behind The Blue Curtain’ by Steven Millhauser
24. ‘The Empress’s Ring’ by Nancy Hale
25. ‘Flotsam’ by Diane Cook
26. ‘The Love-Philtre Of Ikey Schoenstein’ by O. Henry
27. ‘The Night Of The Curlews’ by Gabriel García Márquez
28. ‘The Scooby-Doo Lunch Box’ by Quinton Bradley
29. ‘The Deal’ by Leonard Michaels
30. ‘The Descent Of Man’ by Edith Wharton

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