March 2023
The March stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘The Past Perfect, The Past Continuous, The Simple Past’ by Claire Vaye Watkins
- ‘When Mr. Pirzada Came To Dine’ by Jhumpa Lahiri
- ‘Sliding’ by Leslie Norris
- ‘Different People’ by Clare Sestanovich
- ‘A Choice Of Butchers’ by William Trevor
- ‘Rondine Al Nido’ by Claire Vaye Watkins
- ‘The Stain’ by Tessa Hadley
- ‘Sarah’ by Mary Lavin
- ‘Matrilineal’ by Tessa Hadley
- ‘Bad Boy’ by Kristen Roupenian
- ‘The Widow’s Son’ by Mary Lavin
- ‘The Piano Teacher’s Pupil’ by William Trevor
- ‘Wife Wooing’ by John Updike
- ‘In The Middle Of The Fields’ by Mary Lavin
- ‘The Adulterous Woman’ by Albert Camus
- ‘Coda’ by Tessa Hadley
- ‘Encounters With Unexpected Animals’ by Bret Anthony Johnston
- ‘Brother Boniface’ by Mary Lavin
- ‘The Bunty Club’ by Tessa Hadley
- ‘Happiness’ by Mary Lavin
- ‘The Ormulu Clock’ by Muriel Spark
- ‘An Upheaval’ by Anton Chekhov
- ‘The Itch’ by Don DeLillo
- ‘Ceil’ by Harold Brodkey
- ‘Look At Your Game, Girl’ by Kristen Roupenian
- ‘One Sun Only’ by Camille Bordas
- ‘After The Funeral’ by Tessa Hadley
- ‘The Ugliest Babies In The World’ by Vanessa Chan
- ‘The Night We All Had Grippe’ by Shirley Jackson
- ‘The Father’ by Raymond Carver
- ‘Head Over Knees’ by Eric Schlich
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