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2nd Quarter 2026 favorites

2nd Quarter 2026

The 2nd Quarter (Apr-Jun) stories ordered solely by my personal tastes.

  1. ‘Going To The Dogs’ by Richard Ford
  2. ‘Gold Watch’ by John McGahern
  3. ‘Putois’ by Anatole France
  4. ‘High Ground’ by John McGahern
  5. ‘Goodnight, Beautiful Women’ by Anna Noyes
  6. ‘Lara’s Theme’ by Madhuri Vijay
  7. ‘The Hungry Stones’ by Rabindraneth Tagore
  8. ‘Her Real Name’ by Charles D’Ambrosio
  9. ‘How Can I Tell You?’ by John O’Hara
  10. ‘Open House’ by Charles D’Ambrosio
  11. ‘Winter Dance’ by John O’Hara
  12. ‘Zero’ by John O’Hara
  13. ‘The Flatted Saxophone’ by John O’Hara
  14. ‘Days At Home’ by Maud Casey
  15. ‘Backrub’ by Tom Perrotta
  16. ‘A Good Location’ by John O’Hara
  17. ‘Antarctica’ by Laura Van Den Berg
  18. ‘Not-Daniel’ by Deesha Philyaw
  19. ‘A Bruise The Size And Shape Of A Door Handle’ by Daisy Johnson
  20. ‘Fam’ by Venita Blackburn
  21. ‘Ambrose’ by Allegra Goodman
  22. ‘Mobilization’ by Allegra Hyde

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October 2023 favorites

October 2023

The October stories ordered solely by my personal tastes.

  1. ‘Seven Floors’ by Dino Buzzati
  2. ‘Behzin Meadow’ by Ivan Turgenev
  3. ‘The Yellow Ranch’ by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
  4. ‘Moist House’ by Kate Folk
  5. ‘Scenes From The Left Of A Double Monster’ by Vladimir Nabokov
  6. ‘Time And Again’ by Breece D’J Pancake
  7. ‘A Tree Of Night’ by Truman Capote
  8. ‘2 B R 0 2 B’ by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
  9. ‘Out There’ by Kate Folk
  10. ‘Thrawn Janet’ by Robert Louis Stevenson
  11. ‘The Hidden Cause’ by Machado de Assis
  12. ‘Blind Girls’ by Jayne Anne Phillips
  13. ‘Luvina’ by Juan Rulfo
  14. ‘Diary Of A Madman’ by Lu Xun
  15. ‘Catskin’ by Kelly Link
  16. ‘The Eyes Have It’ by Philip K. Dick
  17. ‘Brad Carrigan, American’ by George Saunders
  18. ‘Frights’ by Allegra Hyde
  19. ‘The Horla’ by Guy de Maupassant
  20. ‘The Intruder’ by Nada Alic
  21. ‘The Price’ by Neil Gaiman
  22. ‘The Self-Improvement Of Salvadore Ross’ by Henry Slesar
  23. ‘A Little More Research’ by Joan Hess
  24. ‘Death Of A Romance Writer’ by Joan Hess
  25. ‘What A Thought’ by Shirley Jackson
  26. ‘The Hammer Of God’ by G.K. Chesterton
  27. ‘Asleep At The Wheel’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle
  28. ‘The Call Of Cthulhu’ by H.P. Lovecraft
  29. ‘The Jewel Robbery At The Grand Metropolitan’ by Agatha Christie
  30. ‘Man-Size In Marble’ by Edith Nesbit
  31. ‘The Temple’ by Joyce Carol Oates

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