April 2023
The April stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.
- ‘Intertextuality’ by Mary Gordon
- ‘Leopard’ by Wells Tower
- ‘The Coast Of Leitrim’ by Kevin Barry
- ‘The Ship Ahoy’ by Ursula K. Le Guin
- ‘Cat In The Rain’ by Ernest Hemingway
- ‘Mother Savage’ by Guy de Maupassant
- ‘Sex Scenes From A Chain Book Store’ by Aryn Kyle
- ‘Flights’ by Alice Adams
- ‘A Sister’s Confession’ by Guy de Maupassant
- ‘The Lying Bee’ by John Henrik Clarke
- ‘A Country Wedding’ by Laurie Colwin
- ‘Are You In Love?’ by Alice Adams
- ‘The Balloon’ by Donald Barthelme
- ‘Beautiful Girl’ by Alice Adams
- ‘Lifeguard’ by John Updike
- ‘Edna In Rain’ by Marie-Helene Bertino
- ‘The Last Married Man’ by Alice Adams
- ‘The Last Lovely City’ by Alice Adams
- ‘The Day Before The Revolution’ by Ursula K. Le Guin
- ‘A Domestic Dilemma’ by Carson McCullers
- ‘The Great Hug’ by Donald Barthelme
- ‘Son Of Friedman’ by Emma Cline
- ‘The Presentation On Egypt’ by Camille Bordas
- ‘Heart Of Hearts’ by Emily Temple
- ‘Comma’ by Hilary Mantel
- ‘At The Zoo’ by Caitlin Horrocks
- ‘Rain, Rain, Go Away’ by Isaac Asimov
- ‘Tapioca Surprise’ by William Goyen
- ‘The Company Is Not Responsible’ by Mary McCarthy
- ‘Ex Parte’ by Ring Lardner
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