Recommended Reading is your ultimate source for the best in contemporary fiction, including short stories and novel excerpts from today’s most dynamic voices.
“Kitchen Barbarians” by Jason Kwon, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
An excerpt from NOTES ON A COLONIAL SITUATION IN HELL by Robert G Penner, recommended by Jeremy M Davies
“Aunt Yoanna” from LIVING IN FIRE by Antoine Volodine, recommended by Brian Evenson
“Zulum” from INSHALLAH, MADONNA, INSHALLAH by Miljenko Jergović, co-translated and recommended by Ellen Elias-Bursać
“Going Up” from OUT OF BODY by Chris Vanjonack, recommended by Weston Morrow
An excerpt from THE LONELY GIRL'S VEGETABLE PATCH by Genevieve Plunkett, recommended by Kimberly King Parsons
“Phillip Whitney” by Anna Reeser, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
“Already Gone” from THOSE WHO VANISH by Patricia Grace King, recommended by Ben Davies Crisp
“Father's Feet” from THE CROSSING OF THE BOARS by Zhang Guixing, recommended by Brian Bernards
“Darkness Like a Seam” by Rebecca Turkewitz, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
An excerpt from WHYTEFACE by A. Igoni Barrett, recommended by Ethan Nosowsky
“The Hanged Man” by Katherine Conner, recommended by Jacob M Appel
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