Tag: Tom Perrotta

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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