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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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4th Quarter 2025 favorites

4th Quarter 2025

The 4th Quarter (Oct-Dec) stories ordered solely by my personal tastes.

  1. ‘The Best Of Everything’ by Richard Yates
  2. ‘A Manual For Cleaning Women’ by Lucia Berlin
  3. ‘The Canal’ by Richard Yates
  4. ‘A Wrestler Of Sharks’ by Richard Yates
  5. ‘The Deposition’ by Tobias Wolff
  6. ‘A Really Good Jazz Piano’ by Richard Yates
  7. ‘Intruders Of Sleepless Nights’ by Pamela Painter
  8. ‘The Little Statue’ by Maeve Murphy
  9. ‘Minotaur’ by Jim Shepard
  10. ‘A Glutton For Punishment’ by Richard Yates
  11. ‘Liquid Papers’ by Nicolette Polek
  12. ‘American Beauty’ by Ethan Canin
  13. ‘The B.A.R. Man’ by Richard Yates
  14. ‘Xmas, Jamaica Plain’ by Melanie Rae Thon
  15. ‘The Romance Of Certain Old Clothes’ by Henry James
  16. ‘Delivery’ by Bruce Barrow
  17. ‘Dirt’ by Maud Casey
  18. ‘The Rider Was Lost’ by Nancy Hale
  19. ‘The Fir Tree’ by Hans Christian Andersen
  20. ‘Live Wires’ by Thomas Beller
  21. ‘Let’s Play Dead’ by Senaa Ahmad
  22. ‘Doggerland’ by Kaliane Bradley
  23. ‘Crouch End’ by Stephen King
  24. ‘Happy’ by Richard Ford
  25. ‘Dagon’ by H.P. Lovecraft

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