One of my resolutions last year was to read more short fiction. I did pretty well, making it through about 300+ stories. Looking over the list, I’m struck that there’s really a lot of great stuff out there. Here are some of my favorites from what I read in 2006:
Daniel Alarcon, “Lima, Peru, July 28, 1979” Steve Almond, “How to Love a Republican” Peter S. Beagle, “Two Hearts” Aimee Bender, “End of the Line” T.C. Boyle, “The Swift Passage of the Animals” T.C. Boyle, “Tooth and Claw” Kevin Brockmeier, “The Ceiling” Tobias S. Buckell, “Manumission” Judy Budnitz, “Dog Days” Anton Chekhov, “The Kiss” Matthew Corradi, “Journey to Gantica” Albert E. Cowdrey, “The Revivalist” Jefferey Deaver, “The Weekender” Cory Doctorow, “Anda’s Game” Dave Eggers, “Quiet” Jeffrey Ford, “Boatman’s Holiday” Theodora Goss, “The Wings of Meister Wilhelm” William Hope Hodgson, “The Voice in the Night” Daniel Hood, “Pavel Petrovich” |
James Joyce, “An Encounter” Andrea Kail, “The Sun God at Dawn, Rising from a Lotus Blossom” Stephen King, “Quitters, Inc.” J.T. Leroy, “Meteors” Jonathan Lethem, “Super Goat Man” Kelly Link, “Stone Animals” Bruce McAllister, “The Boy in Zaquitos” China Mieville, “The Tain” Rick Moody, “The Albertine Notes” H.H. Munro (Saki), “Sredni Vashtar” Richard Parks, “Moon Viewing at Shijo Bridge” Tim Pratt, “Hart and Boot” Stacey Richter, “Island of Boyfriends” M. Rickert, “Journey into the Kingdom” Jason Roberts, “7C” Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Body-Snatcher” Greg Van Eekhout, “Anywhere There’s A Game” Carrie Vaughn, “Of Swords and Horses” |
Check ’em out.
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