For this month, I chose (kind of) at random stories from Granta, the literary quarterly from Cambridge University, something I’d stumbled upon in my search for stories. I say ‘kind of’ because I scrolled through their list and chose any story that I came across – but skipped over the excerpts because I wanted stand-alone stories. As with the previous two months, I have no idea what these stories are about – the goal is simply to experience new writing. Feel free to read along!
- “Faith” Sayaka Murata
- “Have You Met My Husband” by Amy Silverberg
- “In Bright Light” by Paul Dalla Rosa
- “My Phantoms” Gwendoline Riley
- “Pebbles” Max Porter
- “Me, Rory and Aurora” by Jonas Eika
- “Your Delicate Body” by Caleb Azumah Nelson
- “I Cleaned the –” by Kanya D’Elmeida
- “Granddaughter of the Octopus” by Remy Ngamije
- “Compartment” by Ursula Scavenius (Translated by Jennifer Russell)
- “Donut County” by Kate Lister Campbell
- “A Page Pounded Clean” by Kathryn Scanlan
- “Jean Betrays Memory” by David Hayden
- “An Adult Taste” by Kang Young-sook (Translated by Janet Hong)
- “In the Aftermath” by Eva Freeman
- “Cuba” by Vanessa Onwuemezi
- “The Repeat Room” by Jesse Ball
- “A Last Chance in Whitefish” by Adam O’Fallon Price
- “Mbiu Dash” by Okwiri Oduor
- “Licked Clean” by Sammy Wright
- “Gororau (Borderlands)” by Elizabeth O’Connor
- “Fertile Soil” by Katherine Gibson
- “The Disappearance of Mumma Dell” by Roland Watson-Grant
- “Upper Extremity” by Clair Luchette
- “Turnstones” by Carol Farrelly
- “Exit Father” by Mai Nardone
- “People Who Live Here” by Holly Pester
- “Orientation” by Ben Pester
- “Inti Raymi” by Mónica Ojeda (Translated by Sarah Booker)
- “Juancho, Baile” by José Ardila
- “Buda Flaite” by Paulina Flores (Translated by Megan McDowell)
Ami Maxine 