December 2020
The December stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Mirrorball’ by Mary Gaitskill
- ‘Accident Brief’ by Karen Russell
- ‘The Unknown Masterpiece’ by Honoré de Balzac
- ‘Drinking Coffee Elsewhere’ by ZZ Packer
- ‘The Half-Husky’ by Margaret Laurence
- ‘Home For Christmas’ by Carson McCullers
- ‘Seven’ by Edwidge Danticat
- ‘A Room Forever’ by Breece D’J Pancake
- ‘The Weirdos’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
- ‘Irina’ by Mavis Gallant
- ‘The Lily-White Boys’ by William Maxwell
- ‘The Pocketbook Game’ by Alice Childress
- ‘The Dancer’ by Patricia Highsmith
- ‘The Yo-Yo’ by P.D. James
- ‘Temptation’ by Clarice Lispector
- ‘Ordinary Nudes’ by Stuart Dybek
- ‘Neighbors’ by Anthony Tognazzini
- ‘The Canebrake’ by Mohammed Mrabet
- ‘Odd Behavior’ by Lydia Davis
- ‘The Warmth Of Things’ by Nélida Piñón
- ‘Times’ by Ann Beattie
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