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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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3rd Quarter 2025 favorites

3rd Quarter 2025

The 3rd Quarter (Jul-Sep) stories ordered solely by my personal tastes.

  1. ‘Peking Duck’ by Ling Ma
  2. ‘Conversion Of The Jews’ by Philip Roth
  3. ‘Happiest Moment’ by Lydia Davis
  4. ‘Scales’ by Louise Erdrich
  5. ‘Best Western’ by Louise Erdrich
  6. ‘The Red Convertible’ by Louise Erdrich
  7. ‘Great Experiment’ by Jeffrey Eugenides
  8. ‘Every Night For A Thousand Years’ by Chris Adrian
  9. ‘Lies’ by Ethan Canin
  10. ‘The Hollow Children’ by Louise Erdrich
  11. ‘Nothing To Declare’ by Richard Ford
  12. ‘Fires’ by Rick Bass
  13. ‘The Hand’ by Colette
  14. ‘Snares’ by Louise Erdrich
  15. ‘The Prom Terrorists’ by Rabih Alameddine
  16. ‘A Woman Driving Alone’ by Marie-Helene Bertino
  17. ‘Still-Life’ by John Updike
  18. ‘The Ghost Birds’ by Karen Russell
  19. ‘Psychology’ by Katherine Mansfield
  20. ‘How To Give The Wrong Impression’ by Katherine Heiny

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1st Quarter 2025 favorites

1st Quarter 2025

The 1st Quarter (Jan-Mar) stories ordered solely by my personal tastes.

  1. ‘Emperor Of The Air’ by Ethan Canin
  2. ‘The Year Of Getting To Know Us’ by Ethan Canin
  3. ‘Goodbye Marcus, Goodbye Rose’ by Jean Rhys
  4. ‘Sweethearts’ by Richard Ford
  5. ‘Crown-Fire’ by Erskine Caldwell
  6. ‘For A Long Time, This Was Griselda’s Story’ by Anthony Doerr
  7. ‘We Are Nighttime Travelers’ by Ethan Canin
  8. ‘The Man In The Moon’ by William Maxwell
  9. ‘Star Food’ by Ethan Canin
  10. ‘The Smile On Happy Chang’s Face’ by Tom Perrotta
  11. ‘Biology’ by Kevin Wilson
  12. ‘The Nice Restaurant’ by Mary Gaitskill
  13. ‘A Tiny Feast’ by Chris Adrian
  14. ‘The Lucid Eye In Silver Town’ by John Updike
  15. ‘Boy And Girl Games Like Coupling’ by Jamie Paige
  16. ‘The Pearl Of Love‘ by H.G. Wells
  17. ‘There He Go’ by Ladee Hubbard
  18. ‘Where We Are Now’ by Ethan Canin
  19. ‘Things My Mother Said’ by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
  20. ‘Goodbye To The Road Not Taken’ by A.M. Homes
  21. ‘Smote, Or When I Find I Cannot Kiss You In Front Of A Print By Bridget Riley’ by Eley Williams
  22. ‘Song Of Roland’ by Jamaica Kincaid
  23. ‘The Last Question’ by Isaac Asimov
  24. ‘Los Angeles’ by Ling Ma
  25. ‘Good Legs’ by Joshua Ferris
  26. ‘The Space’ by Christopher Boucher

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March 2024 favorites

March 2024

The March stories ordered solely by my personal tastes.

  1. ‘Torch Song’ by John Cheever
  2. ‘You Never Get It Back’ by Cara Blue Adams
  3. ‘Three Women Of Chuck’s Donuts’ by Anthony Veasna So
  4. ‘The Worm In Philly’ by Sam Lipsyte
  5. ‘Brigid’ by Mary Lavin
  6. ‘Chance’ by Alice Munro
  7. ‘Departure’ by Andrew Porter
  8. ‘The Long Black Line’ by John L’Heureux
  9. ‘The Run Of Yourself’ by Richard Ford
  10. ‘The Slip-Up’ by John McGahern
  11. ‘The Maths Tutor’ by Tessa Hadley
  12. ‘Hearts Of Oak And Bellies Of Brass’ by John McGahern
  13. ‘Take Half, Leave Half’ by Thomas McGuane
  14. ‘What Feels Like The World’ by Richard Bausch
  15. ‘Seeing Ershadi’ by Nicole Krauss
  16. ‘The Triumph Of Night’ by Edith Wharton
  17. ‘Ocracoke Island’ by Alice Adams
  18. ‘Those As Are Brothers’ by Nancy Hale
  19. ‘The Man Who Saw The Flood’ by Richard Wright
  20. ‘Envoy’ by Caleb Crain
  21. ‘Rumm Road’ by Alice Elliott Dark
  22. ‘The Glass House’ by Chris Adrian
  23. ‘A Story Without A Title’ by Anton Chekhov
  24. ‘Beach Town’ by Amy Hempel
  25. ‘The Help’ by Mary Robison
  26. ‘Korean Jesus’ by Pete Hsu
  27. ‘So Late In The Day’ by Claire Keegan
  28. ‘The Kid Nobody Could Handle’ by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
  29. ‘Xífù’ by K-Ming Chang
  30. ‘Miss Mary Pask’ by Edith Wharton
  31. ‘You Tell Me’ by Clare Sestanovich

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