June 2023
The June stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘The Gorge’ by Umberto Eco
- ‘Not Here You Don’t’ by Thomas McGuane
- ‘Just Before The War With The Eskimos’ by J.D. Salinger
- ‘The Laughing Man’ by J.D. Salinger
- ‘Paddle To Canada’ by Heather Monley
- ‘Playin With Punjab’ by Toni Cade Bambara
- ‘Waves Of Darkness’ by Cord Meyer Jr.
- ‘Zero Pineapples’ by Timothy Willis Sanders
- ‘Uncle Wiggily In Connecticut’ by J.D. Salinger
- ‘Wish’ by Bobbie Ann Mason
- ‘First Heat’ by Peter Taylor
- ‘Billy Goats’ by Jill McCorkle
- ‘Madame Lazarus’ by Maile Meloy
- ‘The Entire Northern Side Was Covered With Fire’ by Rivka Galchen
- ‘Girls In Their Summer Dresses’ by Irwin Shaw
- ‘God’s Work’ by Kevin Canty
- ‘The (Unhealthy) Breakfast Club’ by Monica Roe
- ‘A Perfect Day For Bananafish’ by J.D. Salinger
- ‘An Imperial Message’ by Franz Kafka
- ‘It’s Just Another Day In Big Bear, California’ by Ann Beattie
- ‘Raft In Water, Floating’ by A.M. Homes
- ‘Down At The Dinghy’ by J.D. Salinger
- ‘Behind The Blue Curtain’ by Steven Millhauser
- ‘The Empress’s Ring’ by Nancy Hale
- ‘Flotsam’ by Diane Cook
- ‘The Love-Philtre Of Ikey Schoenstein’ by O. Henry
- ‘The Night Of The Curlews’ by Gabriel García Márquez
- ‘The Scooby-Doo Lunch Box’ by Quinton Bradley
- ‘The Deal’ by Leonard Michaels
- ‘The Descent Of Man’ by Edith Wharton
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