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
An excerpt from STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE by Kristen Arnett, recommended by Laura van den Berg
“One Thing about Blue” by Maureen O'Leary from SACRAMENTO NOIR, recommended by John Freeman
An excerpt from WILD DARK SHORE by Charlotte McConaghy, recommended by Caroline Bleeke
An excerpt from WHAT YOU MAKE OF ME by Sophie Madeline Dess, recommended by Sheluyang Peng
“All Stories” by Kevin Wilson, recommended by the Michigan Quarterly Review
“Housemom” by Hannah Gregory, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
“Shifting Occupancies” from ORIGIN STORIES by Corinna Vallianatos, recommended by Jessica Anthony
“Chiyojo” from NO ONE KNOWS by Osamu Dazai, translated by Ralph McCarthy, and recommended by Andrew Martin
“First Love” from THE VANISHING POINT by Paul Theroux, recommended by Ryan Murdock
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