February 2024
The February stories ordered solely by my personal tastes.
- ‘The Moon In Its Flight’ by Gilbert Sorrentino
- ‘Night Of The Living Rez’ by Morgan Talty
- ‘Quenby And Ola, Swede and Carl’ by Robert Coover
- ‘Class Picture’ by Tobias Wolff
- ‘Sierra Leone’ by John McGahern
- ‘Flight’ by John Updike
- ‘An Unlucky Man’ by Samanta Schweblin
- ‘Leaf Season’ by John Updike
- ‘Today Will Be A Quiet Day’ by Amy Hempel
- ‘Axolotl’ by Julio Cortázar
- ‘Roseheath’ by John Cheever
- ‘Plumbing’ by John Updike
- ‘One-Percent Humidity’ by Michelle Lyn King
- ‘A Real Doll’ by A.M. Homes
- ‘The Blessed Man Of Boston, My Grandmother’s Thimble, And Fanning Island’ by John Updike
- ‘The Age Of Love’ by Mary South
- ‘Rebecca’ by Donald Barthelme
- ‘Stuff’ by Joy Williams
- ‘Learn A Trade’ by John Updike
- ‘Celia Is Back’ by Amy Hempel
- ‘The Rescue’ by John Updike
- ‘Chow!’ by Patricia Collinge
- ‘The Leap’ by Louise Erdrich
- ‘The Return’ by Elizabeth Bowen
- ‘The Alligators’ by John Updike
- ‘When Stars Collide’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
- ‘How I Became A Vet’ by Rivka Galchen
- ‘Oliver’ by Kevin Maloney
- ‘Embroidery’ by Ray Bradbury
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