Short Story Magic Tricks

August 2022

The August stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘The Murder’ by John Steinbeck
2. ‘San Francisco’ by Amy Hempel
3. ‘Iona Moon’ by Melanie Rae Thon
4. ‘The Canoeists’ by Rick Bass
5. ‘The Walk’ by Elizabeth Strout
6. ‘Snow Blind’ by Elizabeth Strout
7. ‘The Train’ by Flannery O’Connor
8. ‘Greyhound People’ by Alice Adams
9. ‘Elk’ by Rick Bass
10. ‘The Story Of Keesh’ by Jack London
11. ‘Fish And Fences’ by Veeda Bybee
12. ‘Son In The Afternoon’ by John A. Williams
13. ‘Officer Friendly’ by Lewis Robinson
14. ‘Going To Shrewsbury’ by Sarah Orne Jewett
15. ‘The Go-Getter’ by P.G. Wodehouse
16. ‘The Naked Lady’ by Madison Smartt Bell
17. ‘The Walled Garden’ by Peter Taylor
18. ‘The Alaska Of Giants And Gods’ by Dave Eggers
19. ‘From 100 Elvis Stories’ by Lisa Walker
20. ‘What I Hear’ by Mary Robison

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