Dirty Deceivers by Chester Himes, 1948 Continue reading
Tag: O. Henry
‘Encarnación Mendoza’s Christmas Eve’ by Juan Bosch
Encarnación Mendoza’s Christmas Eve by Juan Bosch, 1962 Continue reading
February 2019 favorites
February 2019
The February stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Ultima Thule’ by Vladimir Nabokov
- ‘On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning’ by Haruki Murakami
- ‘Silences’ by Helen Elaine Lee
- ‘A Losing Game’ by J.F. Powers
- ‘Someone Has Been Disarranging These Roses’ by Gabriel García Márquez
- ‘City Lovers’ by Nadine Gordimer
- ‘Violets’ by Edna O’Brien
- ‘The Anatomy Of Desire’ by John L’Heureux
- ‘The Actual Thing’ by William Maxwell
- ‘Tennessee’s Partner’ by Bret Harte
- ‘One Friday Morning’ by Langston Hughes
- ‘After Twenty Years’ by O. Henry
- ‘In A House Of Wooden Monkeys’ by Shay Youngblood
- ‘Jerry And Molly And Sam’ by Raymond Carver
- ‘The MYMan Solution’ by Helen Phillips
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‘After Twenty Years’ by O. Henry
After Twenty Years by O. Henry, 1906 Continue reading
December 2017 favorites
December 2017
The December stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Vanka’ by Anton Chekhov
- ‘Master Eustace’ by Henry James
- ‘Christmas Poem’ by John O’Hara
- ‘Brothers’ by Sherwood Anderson
- ‘Cat Person’ by Kristen Roupenian
- ‘Christmas Gift’ by Robert Penn Warren
- ‘Snow Angel’ by Stephanie Vaughn
- ‘The Last Night Of The World’ by Ray Bradbury
- ‘Uncle Raymond’ by Nelson Eubanks
- ‘Christmas Freud’ by David Rakoff
- ‘The Sunday After Christmas’ by Mavis Gallant
- ‘Where You’ll Find Me’ by Ann Beattie
- ‘Through The Tunnel’ by Doris Lessing
- ‘The Angel Of The Bridge’ by John Cheever
- ‘Nobody’s Story’ by Charles Dickens
- ‘A Different Kind Of Imperfection’ by Thomas Beller
- ‘Christmas By Injunction’ by O. Henry
- ‘The Errors Of Santa Claus’ by Stephen Leacock
- ‘The Feast Of Nemesis’ by Saki
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‘Christmas By Injunction’ by O. Henry
Christmas By Injunction by O. Henry, 1907 Continue reading
February 2017 favorites
February 2017
The February stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘We Didn’t’ by Stuart Dybek
- ‘Separating’ by John Updike
- ‘A Retrieved Reformation’ by O. Henry
- ‘Postcard’ by Alice Munro
- ‘Aurora’ by Junot Diaz
- ‘Ligeia’ by Edgar Allan Poe
- ‘The Altar Of The Dead’ by Henry James
- ‘An Ounce Of Cure’ by Alice Munro
- ‘The Furnished Room’ by O. Henry
- ‘Transients In Arcadia’ by O. Henry
- ‘On The Gull’s Road’ by Willa Cather
- ‘The Skylight Room’ by O. Henry
- ‘How’ by Roxane Gay
- ‘Teller’s Ticket’ by Robert Flanagan
- ‘It Was Romance’ by Miranda July
- ‘The Romance Of A Busy Broker’ by O. Henry
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‘A Retrieved Reformation’ by O. Henry
A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry, 1903 Continue reading
‘The Romance Of A Busy Broker’ by O. Henry
The Romance Of A Busy Broker by O. Henry, 1906 Continue reading
‘Transients In Arcadia’ by O. Henry
Transients In Arcadia by O. Henry, 1904 Continue reading