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There are many excellent books on the 100 Notables list and I'm certainly not going to be the person to argue for any to be removed. But the lack of media and industry support for short story collections is not only disheartening, it's a vicious cycle.
Here are some amazing short story collections that came out this year, excerpted in Recommended Reading. Links to purchase herein!
"Anything Could Disappear" from The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans @daniellevalore : https://electricliterature.com/anything-could-disappear-danielle-evans/
"Daughter of Retail" from Father Guards the Sheep by Sari Rosenblatt https://electricliterature.com/daughter-of-retail-by-sari-rosenblatt/
"Peony Lanterns" from Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda https://electricliterature.com/peony-lanterns-by-aoko-matsuda/
"Advice for the Haunted" from How to Walk on Water by Rachel Swearingen https://electricliterature.com/advice-for-the-haunted-by-rachel-swearingen/
"Pros and Cons" from Each of Us Killers by Jenny Bhatt @jennybhatt https://electricliterature.com/pros-and-cons-by-jenny-bhatt/
"When Eddie Levert Comes" from The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw @DeeshaPhilyaw https://electricliterature.com/when-eddie-levert-comes-deesha-philyaw/
"You'll Be Honest, You'll Be Brave" from Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford @kellijoford https://electricliterature.com/crooked-hallelujah-kelli-jo-ford/
"Twitchell" from F*ckface by Leah Hampton @pludger https://electricliterature.com/twitchell-leah-hampton/
"On Growing Ferns and Other Plants in Glass Cases, in the Midst of the Smoke of London" from A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth by Daniel Mason https://electricliterature.com/on-growing-ferns-daniel-mason/
"Not the End Yet" from Show Them a Good Time by Nicole Flattery https://electricliterature.com/not-the-end-yet-nicole-flattery/
"In the Palm of His Hand" from I Know You Know Who I Am by (former Recommended Reading Assistant Editor!) Peter Kispert @PeterKispert https://electricliterature.com/in-the-palm-of-his-hand-peter-kispert/
"The Appropriate Weight" from We Had Rules by Corinne Manning @corinnemanning https://electricliterature.com/appropriate-weight-corinne-manning/
"The Neighbors" from A House is a Body by Shruti Swamy @theshrutster https://electricliterature.com/the-neighbors-shruti-swamy/
"Mom Is in Love with Randy Travis" from How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa https://electricliterature.com/randy-travis-souvankham-thammavongsa/
"Just Like Us" from Deceit and Other Possibilities by Vanessa Hua @vanessa_hua https://electricliterature.com/just-like-us-vanessa-hua/
The title story from Everyone On the Moon Is Essential Personnel by Julian K. Jarboe @JulianKJarboe https://electricliterature.com/everyone-on-the-moon-is-essential-personnel-julian-k-jarboe/
"Bone Music" from Good Citizens Need Not Fear by Maria Reva @_mariareva https://electricliterature.com/bone-music-maria-reva/
"Tristan" from Fabulous by Lucy Hughes-Hallett @LucyHH https://electricliterature.com/tristan-lucy-hughes-hallett/
"Last Night," which was later collected in I Hold a Wolf By the Ears by Laura Van den berg @Lvandenberg https://electricliterature.com/a-new-short-story-by-laura-van-den-berg-about-the-survivors-guilt-of-the-suicidal/
Not to mention the many wonderful collections we were not able to feature, including Daddy by Emma Cline, Fraternity by Benjamin Nugent, To Be A Man by Nicole Krauss, I Do Not Forgive You by Amber Sparks, Cool for America by Andrew Martin, and more!
