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1st Quarter 2026 favorites

1st Quarter 2026

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

  1. ‘Attraction’ by David Long
  2. ‘Red Light’ by Zach Williams
  3. ‘Wrong Object’ by Mona Simpson
  4. ‘The Ladder’ by V.S. Pritchett
  5. ‘Treelaw’ by Anna Noyes
  6. ‘Electric Car, El Paso’ by Lucia Berlin
  7. ‘The Necklace’ by V.S. Pritchett
  8. ‘Air Fair’ by Richard Leise
  9. ‘The Eighth Day’ by Max Apple
  10. ‘Neighbors’ by Zach Williams
  11. ‘Mousetraps’ by Zach Williams
  12. ‘Trial Run’ by Zach Willams
  13. ‘Head And Shoulders’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  14. ‘Nine Inches’ by Tom Perrotta
  15. ‘Matinee’ by Robert Coover
  16. ‘Effie Whittlesy’ by George Ade
  17. ‘In Retail’ by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
  18. ‘Hibernation’ by Anna Noyes
  19. ‘Geese’ by ZZ Packer
  20. ‘Bijou’ by Stuart Dybek
  21. ‘Arrogance’ by Megan Staffel
  22. ‘The New Toe’ by Zach Williams
  23. ‘When Flashers Meet’ by Pamela Painter
  24. ‘The Little Widow From The Capital’ by Yohanca Delgado
  25. ‘Time Invents Us’ by Anita Felicelli
  26. ‘The Woman Who Lived In A Restaurant’ by Leone Ross
  27. ‘The Chaser’ by John Collier

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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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