Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Superlative short stories: The Big List

Kelly Link's "The Summer People" and David Gilbert's "From a Farther Room" recently made my running list of superior-ass stories.

Here they are, in order:


The Cavemen in the Hedges,” Stacey Richter
Until Gwen,” Dennis Lehane
“Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned,” Wells Tower
“Running out of Dog,” Dennis Lehane
“Poachers,” Tom Franklin
"The Paperhanger," William Gay
Cathedral,” Raymond Carver
“Emergency,” Denis Johnson
“Two Midnights in a Jug,” Marc Watkins
“Inkneck,” Jon Billman
“The Former First Lady and the Football Hero,” A.M. Homes
“Atria,” Ramona Ausubel
Diary of an Interesting Year,” Helen Simpson
“Do Not Disturb” A.M. Homes
“Pastoralia,” George Saunders
“From a Farther Room,” David Gilbert
“The Summer People,” Kelly Link
“The Darling,” Scott Bradfield
The Hunter’s Wife,” Anthony Doerr
“Baby Wilson,” E.L. Doctorow
“Jolene: A Life,” E.L. Doctorow
"Real Life," Donald Ray Pollock
Bettering Myself,” Ottessa Moshfegh
“Brokeback Mountain,” Annie Proulx
“Heart Songs,” Annie Proulx
“This is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona,” Sherman Alexie
“Peter Shelley,” Patrick Marber
“Girl with Curious Hair,” David Foster Wallace
The Smoker,” David Schickler
“Home Sweet Home,” Hannah Tinti
“The Great Zero,” Jonathon Walter
“Evolution,” Benjamin Cavell
“Floating,” Richard P. Goodwin
"Disgust," Ottessa Moshfegh
Wabi,” Mitch Berman
"Guts," Chuck Palahniuk

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