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February 2023 favorites
February 2023
The February stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Dead Men’s Path’ by Chinua Achebe
- ‘At The Clinic’ by Sally Rooney
- ‘Secret Weapons’ by Julio Cortázar
- ‘Bliss’ by Katherine Mansfield
- ‘Every Tongue Shall Confess’ by ZZ Packer
- ‘In The Name Of Bobby’ by Julio Cortázar
- ‘The Cold Boy’ by Benjamin Percy
- ‘Ain’t That Good News’ by Brit Bennett
- ‘The Pace Of Youth’ by Stephen Crane
- ‘I Am Twenty-One’ by Mary Robison
- ‘The Daughters’ by Maeve Brennan
- ‘Ray-Ray’s Picture Box’ by James McBride
- ‘Smart’ by Mary Robison
- ‘My Apology’ by Sam Lipsyte
- ‘Billboard’ by Richard Bausch
- ‘Ozème’s Holiday’ by Kate Chopin
- ‘The Waltz’ by Dorothy Parker
- ‘The Green Door’ by O. Henry
- ‘In The Woods’ by Mary Robison
- ‘Sugar Baby’ by Chinua Achebe
- ‘Some Like Them Cold’ by Ring Lardner
- ‘My Last Story’ by Janet Frame
- ‘Haunted’ by Walter Mosley
- ‘Yancey’ by Ann Beattie
- ‘The Neighbor’ by Russell Banks
- ‘A Deserted Street’ by Tawfiq Al-Hakim
- ‘Top Of The Food Chain’ by T. Coraghessan Boyle
- ‘Miracles’ by Lucy Corin
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‘The Green Door’ by O. Henry
The Green Door by O. Henry, 1906 Continue reading
April 2022 favorites
April 2022
The April stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Roses, Rhododendron’ by Alice Adams
- ‘Warm River’ by Erskine Caldwell
- ‘What Have You Done?’ by Ben Marcus
- ‘A Story In Almost Classical Mode’ by Harold Brodkey
- ‘Back Then’ by Mary Grimm
- ‘Waugh’ by Bryan Washington
- ‘Car Crash While Hitchhiking’ by Denis Johnson
- ‘Thrift Store Coats’ by Brooks Rexroat
- ‘The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky’ by Stephen Crane
- ‘Maggie Of The Green Bottles’ by Toni Cade Bambara
- ‘The Landlord’ by Wells Tower
- ‘Heathen’ by Mike Wilson
- ‘Donna’ by Michaella Thornton
- ‘The Princess And The Puma’ by O. Henry
- ‘The Day The Dam Broke’ by James Thurber
- ‘The Texas Principessa’ by William Goyen
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‘The Princess And The Puma’ by O. Henry
The Princess And The Puma by O. Henry, 1907 Continue reading
‘Louise’ by Somerset Maugham
Louise by Somerset Maugham, 1925 Continue reading
‘Dirty Deceivers’ by Chester Himes
Dirty Deceivers by Chester Himes, 1948 Continue reading
‘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