Short Story Magic Tricks

September 2022

The September stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘Willing’ by Lorrie Moore
2. ‘The Man Who Knew Belle Starr’ by Richard Bausch
3. ‘A Father-To-Be’ by Saul Bellow
4. ‘A Vermont Tale’ by Mark Helprin
5. ‘The Five Wounds’ by Kirstin Valdez Quade
6. ‘Nemecia’ by Kirstin Valdez Quade
7. ‘Where The Mountains Are’ by Bill Barich
8. ‘Seeing Clear’ by Cara Blue Adams
9. ‘Sugar Babies’ by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
10. ‘The Beautiful Mountains’ by John Cheever
11. ‘Afternoon In Linen’ by Shirley Jackson
12. ‘Sauerkraut Soup’ by Stuart Dybek
13. ‘Our Lady Of Peace’ by ZZ Packer
14. ‘Sunday Lunch’ by Nancy Hale
15. ‘Benediction’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald
16. ‘With Reference To An Incident At A Bridge’ by William Maxwell
17. ‘Along The Frontage Road’ by Michael Chabon

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