Short Story Month: Our Recommendations
Every day this month on Twitter, in celebration of Short Story Month, we’ve recommended a great short story to read. (Almost) all the stories we’ve selected are available online. Enjoy!
It’s Short Story Month! 🎉🎉
Every day this month, we’ll be recommending one of our favorite short stories.
— CRAFT (@CraftLiterary) May 1, 2018
May 1: Jamel Brinkley, “A Lucky Man”
May 2: Danielle Lazarin, “Floor Plans”
May 3: Kate Petersen, “After, Before”
May 4: Laura van den Berg, “Aftermath”
May 5: Nafissa Thompson-Spires, “Fatima, the Biloquist: A Transformation Story”
May 6: Alice Munro, “The Bear Came Over the Mountain”
May 7: John Keene, “Rivers”
May 8: Rita Bullwinkel, “Black Tongue”
May 9: Marie-Helene Bertino, “North Of”
May 10: Lesley Nneka Arimah, “Light”
May 11: Jensen Beach, “To God Belongs What He Has Taken”
May 12: Sara Makja, “Nashua”
May 13: Karen Shepard, “The Mothers”
May 14: Renee Simms, “Meet Behind Mars”
May 15: William Trevor, “An Idyll in Winter”
May 16: Michael Sheehan, “Another Oz”
May 17: Kate Walbert, “M&M World”
May 18: Jez Burrows, “Dictionary Stories”
May 19: Michael Cunningham, “A Wild Swan”
May 20: Jenny Diski, “The Old Princess”
May 21: Ann Packer, “Molten”
May 22: Nick Fuller Googins, “Origin Stories”
May 23: Philip Roth, “Goodbye, Columbus”
May 24: Jim Shepard, “Boys Town”
May 25: Megan Cummins, “Wild Beating Hearts”
May 26: Rebecca Makkai, “Cross”
May 27: Michelle Hart, “Rolesville”
May 28: Phil Klay, “Frago”
May 29: Clare Beams, “Ailments”
May 30: Grace Paley, “Friends,” “Love,” and “Mother”
May 31: Soili Smith, “Your Children Are Not Your Own”