Recommended Reading is your ultimate source for the best in contemporary fiction, including short stories and novel excerpts from today’s most dynamic voices.
"Wedding Party" from DIRECT SUNLIGHT by Christine Sneed, recommended by Elizabeth McKenzie
"On the Rooftop" from BEIJING SPRAWL by Xu Zechen, recommended by Jeremy Tiang
"The Last Unmapped Places" from HERE IN THE NIGHT by Rebecca Turkewitz, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
"BI6FOOT" from GIRL COUNTRY by Jacqueline Vogtman, recommended by Anne Valente
"Live Today Always" by Jade Jones, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
"Julia" from THE SORROWS OF OTHERS by Ada Zhang, recommended by Sarah Thankam Mathews
"Chicken-Flavored and Lemon-Scented" from GAMES AND RITUALS by Katherine Heiny, recommended by Jennifer Close
"Percent" by Jon Elofson, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
"The Disappeared" by Andrew Porter, recommended by Kristopher Jansma
"Communicable" from THE ARCHIVISTS by Daphne Kalotay, recommended by Rebecca Makkai
"I'd Never Felt So Light" by Thomas Renjilian, recommended by Electric Literature
"Accidental Girls" from PATTERNS OF ORBIT by Chloe N. Clark, recommended by Juan Martinez
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