Recommended Reading is your ultimate source for the best in contemporary fiction, including short stories and novel excerpts from today’s most dynamic voices.
“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
“Wound” by Sammy Stevens, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
“Where Memory Meets the Sea” by Laia Asieo Odo, recommended by Malka Older, Annalee Newitz, and Karen Lord
An excerpt from TERRY DACTYL by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, recommended by Lisa Ko
“Love of Fate” by Rafael Frumkin, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
“The Request” from THE UNREPENTANT by Sharmini Aphrodite, recommended by Preeta Samarasan
An excerpt from ONLY SON by Kevin Moffett, recommended by Jonathan Lethem
“My Sleep” from HURRICANE ENVY by Sara Jaffe, recommended by Leni Zumas
“The Eloquence of Hot Dogs” from SEX OF THE MIDWEST by Robyn Ryle, recommended by Kiese Laymon
An excerpt from THE HIGH HEAVEN by Joshua Wheeler, recommended by Claire Vaye Watkins
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