Tag: Ottessa Moshfegh

December 2020

The December stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘Mirrorball’ by Mary Gaitskill
2. ‘Accident Brief’ by Karen Russell
3. ‘The Unknown Masterpiece’ by Honoré de Balzac
4. ‘Drinking Coffee Elsewhere’ by ZZ Packer
5. ‘The Half-Husky’ by Margaret Laurence
6. ‘Home For Christmas’ by Carson McCullers
7. ‘Seven’ by Edwidge Danticat
8. ‘A Room Forever’ by Breece D’J Pancake
9. ‘The Weirdos’ by Ottessa Moshfegh
10. ‘Irina’ by Mavis Gallant
11. ‘The Lily-White Boys’ by William Maxwell
12. ‘The Pocketbook Game’ by Alice Childress
13. ‘The Dancer’ by Patricia Highsmith
14. ‘The Yo-Yo’ by P.D. James
15. ‘Temptation’ by Clarice Lispector
16. ‘Ordinary Nudes’ by Stuart Dybek
17. ‘Neighbors’ by Anthony Tognazzini
18. ‘The Canebrake’ by Mohammed Mrabet
19. ‘Odd Behavior’ by Lydia Davis
20. ‘The Warmth Of Things’ by Nélida Piñón
21. ‘Times’ by Ann Beattie

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