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
“Sixteen Hours in Iceland” by Laurie Marhoefer, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
“Slut Lullabies” by Gina Frangello, recommended by Steve Almond
“Albatross” from AS IF BY MAGIC by Edgard Telles Ribeiro, translated and recommended by Margaret A. Neves
“Monsters” from I COULD BE FAMOUS by Sydney Rende, recommended by Jonathan Dee
“Another Christmas” from THE COLLECTED STORIES by William Trevor, recommended by Marisa Silver
“Shapeshifter” by Maggie Love, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
An excerpt from HOUSE OF DAY, HOUSE OF NIGHT by Olga Tokarczuk, translated and recommended by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
An excerpt from THE DREAM OF THE JAGUAR by Miguel Bonnefoy, translated and recommended by Ruth Diver
“Wound” by Sammy Stevens, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
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