top of page

Blog

Short Story Month Recap

A few of my friends asked me for the full list of short stories I featured for Short Story Month, so if you'd rather read them without...

Short Story Month, Day 31: More Stories

Today, I'm rounding out the month by listing a few stories I wanted to include but couldn't for one reason or another. I'd decided to do...

Short Story Month, Day 30: Tod Goldberg

"Walls" by Tod Goldberg (read by Gary Cole) I wanted to post about Tod earlier this month for Teacher Appreciation Day, but I couldn't...

Short Story Month, Day 29: Rasha Abbas

"Statement of Absolute Hatred" by Rasha Abbas, translated by Alice Guthrie I hadn't heard of Rasha Abbas until I went looking for this...

Short Story Month, Day 28: Jillian Tamaki

"Bed Bug" by Jillian Tamaki I read Jillian Tamaki's book Boundless earlier this year after seeing it recommended somewhere. It was touted...

Short Story Month, Day 27: Charlie Jane Anders

"Love Might Be Too Strong a Word" by Charlie Jane Anders If you couldn't tell from my story choices, I don't read a lot of high-concept...

Short Story Month, Day 26: Luis Negrón

"The Garden" by Luis Negrón This is the story I'd read that led me to find that amazing Silvina Ocampo story a few days ago. I'd learned...

Short Story Month, Day 25: Carmen Maria Machado

"Inventory" by Carmen Maria Machado I'm reading Her Body and Other Parties right now and only three stories in, which means I've finished...

Short Story Month, Day 24: Lesley Nneka Arimah

"What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky" by Lesley Nneka Arimah I read this at the suggestion of fellow writer Jesse Wehrenberg, who...

Short Story Month, Day 23: Etgar Keret

"Fatso" by Etgar Keret I first encountered this story one year at AWP when Etgar Keret and George Saunders each read a story aloud to a...

Short Story Month, Day 22: Silvina Ocampo

"The Voice" by Silvina Ocampo, translated by Frances Riddle I was not expecting to write about this story at all. In fact, I read this...

Short Story Month, Day 21: Amy Hempel

"In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried" by Amy Hempel I've been sitting on the posting of this story pretty much the entire month...

Short Story Month, Day 20: Lisa Quigley

"Redemption" by Lisa Quigley If you're looking for fresh, new literary voices, it doesn't get much fresher than Lisa Quigley's first...

Short Story Month, Day 19: Akwaeke Emezi

"Who Is Like God" by Akwaeke Emezi I think I found this story through someone else's tweet about Short Story Month, and I'd never heard...

Short Story Month, Day 18: JSP Jacobs

"The Expected Passing of Elliot’s Wife" by JSP Jacobs I like a good writing contest, but I hate the entry fees. I get that most journals...

Short Story Month, Day 17: Viet Thanh Nguyen

"The Americans" by Viet Thanh Nguyen I read this story in his story collection, The Refugees, earlier this year, and I'm kicking myself...

Short Story Month, Day 16: Lena Nguyen

"Come and Take Me Home" by Lena Nguyen Here's a story I discovered the other day, basically on a whim. My friend MeLaina Ramos mentioned...

Short Story Month Day 15: Cynthia Romanowski

"Wrestle Mania" by Cynthia Romanowski When I started writing about short stories for this month, I decided that I one of the things I...

Short Story Month, Day 14: Stephen Graham Jones

"The Night Cyclist" by Stephen Graham Jones My friend and co-author Kathryn E. McGee reminded me of this story's existence, and I'm glad...

Short Story Month, Day 13: Lydia Davis

"The Child" by Lydia Davis Note: You're going to have to scroll down to the second page of this to view it. Be warned: It's all of one...

Content © 2018 Yennie Cheung.

bottom of page