Recommended Reading is your ultimate source for the best in contemporary fiction, including short stories and novel excerpts from today’s most dynamic voices.
“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
“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
“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
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