Recommended Reading is your ultimate source for the best in contemporary fiction, including short stories and novel excerpts from today’s most dynamic voices.
“The Ominous Shaft” by Marlena Williams, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
“Porcupine” from BABY IN A BOX by Sarah Braunstein, recommended by Antoine Wilson
An excerpt from FANCY MEETING YOU by Louise Marburg, recommended by Elinor Lipman
“Fictions” by Anna Hogeland, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
An excerpt from AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE by Beryl Bainbridge, recommended by Lucy Scholes
An excerpt from WHIDBEY by T Kira Māhealani Madden, recommended by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
“Please Accept This Token of Thanks” by Christine Vines, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
“Paradeability” from ENCOUNTERS WITH UNEXPECTED ANIMALS by Bret Anthony Johnston, recommended by Téa Obreht
“Feeders” from HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD by Oliver Munday, recommended by Andrew Ridker
“Notebooks” by Imogen Clarke, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
“That Unfamiliar Night” from WITH THE HEART OF A GHOST by Lim Sunwoo, translated and recommended by Chi-Young Kim
An excerpt from EVERY HAPPINESS by Reena Shah, recommended by Sindya Bhanoo
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