For this month, I chose stories from Missouri Review’s selected prose. As with the previous seven months, I have no idea what these stories are about – the goal is simply to experience new writing. Feel free to read along!
- “Way Back, Well Before My Divorce” by Adam Prince
- “Manifold Northeast Life & Trust” by Cat Powell
- “Heart-Scalded” by Daphne Kalotay
- “Keeping” by Thomas Dodson
- “Bewilderness” by Karen Tucker
- “If You’re So Smart” by Tim Loc
- “Triumph” by Sahar Mustafah
- “Wait for Me” by Katey Schultz
- “A Cruel Gap-Toothed Boy” by Matthew Baker
- “Chrome Thief” by Terrance Manning Jr.
- “Treading Water” by Dionne Irving
- “Café Misfit” by Dave Zoby
- “The blood was the mountain and the mountain was the bear” by Rachel Yoder
- “Exit Seekers” by Tamara Titus
- “Helpline” by John Hale
- “Rachel’s Wedding” by Rose Smith
- “Ronaldo” by Andrew D. Cohen
- “The Wall” by Emma Törza
- “The City of the Dead” by Jennifer Dubois
- “Unintended” by Yuko Sakata
- “Swarf” by Tyler Keevil
- “Serpentine” by Ember Johnson
- “Ordinary Time” by Carolyn Ogburn
- “Salt Land” by Amanda Baldeneaux
- “Relatable Influence” by Bradley Bazzle
- “Awakening to Jake” by Jillian Weiss
- “Deadwood Soldiers Take a Cruise!” by Jonny Diamond
- “Joy” by John J. Clayton
- “A Shapeless Thief” by Marin Sardy
- “Afternoon with a Corpse” by Gulchin A. Ergun
- “Book of the Generations” by Kelli Jo Ford
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