January 2024
The January stories ordered solely by my personal tastes.
- ‘City Of Churches’ by Donald Barthelme
- ‘In The Cart’ by Anton Chekhov
- ‘Parker’s Back’ by Flannery O’Connor
- ‘Death’ by Sherwood Anderson
- ‘Sophistication’ by Sherwood Anderson
- ‘Harrison Bergeron’ by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- ‘The Continuity Of Parks’ by Julio Cortázar
- ‘The Night’s For Cryin’’ by Chester Himes
- ‘Love Is Not A Pie’ by Amy Bloom
- ‘The House Behind’ by Lydia Davis
- ‘Queer’ by Sherwood Anderson
- ‘The Untold Lie’ by Sherwood Anderson
- ‘Fjord Of Killary’ by Kevin Barry
- ‘Drink’ by Sherwood Anderson
- ‘U.F.O. In Kushiro’ by Haruki Murakami
- ‘Ruthy And Edie’ by Grace Paley
- ‘What It Takes To Keep A Young Girl Alive’ by Jayne Anne Phillips
- ‘In A Different Light’ by Elizabeth Taylor
- ‘Departure’ by Sherwood Anderson
- ‘An Awakening’ by Sherwood Anderson
- ‘Under The Boardwalk’ by Jayne Anne Phillips
- ‘One Night In New Jersey’ by Chester Himes
- ‘It’s Not You’ by Elizabeth McCracken
- ‘Three Popes Walk Into A Bar’ by Amy Hempel
- ‘My Mother’s Memoirs, My Father’s Lie, And Other True Stories’ by Russell Banks
- ‘Pool Night’ by Amy Hempel
- ‘Thunderbirds: Who, Why, and How’ by Rebecca Scherm
- ‘University Days’ by James Thurber
- ‘An Enigmatic Nature’ by Anton Chekhov
- ‘The New Lodger’ by Amy Hempel
- ‘Detour’ by Évelyne Trouillot
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