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#Fiction #Longreads thread of 2021...

Kevin Barry& #39;s "That Old Country Music"
#Fiction #Longreads via @ElectricLit https://electricliterature.com/that-old-country-music-by-kevin-barry/">https://electricliterature.com/that-old-...

Mom’s Ex-Fiancé Makes a Bad Boyfriend - Electric Literature

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https://electricliterature.com/that-old-country-music-by-kevin-barry/

Mieko Kawakami& #39;s "Shame"
#Fiction #Longreads via @GrantaMag
(translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai & Hitomi Yoshio) https://granta.com/shame-mieko-kawakami/">https://granta.com/shame-mie...

Shame | Mieko Kawakami | Granta

Mieko Kawakami, translated from the Japanese by Louise Heal Kawai and Hitomi Yoshio. ‘During sex, Narumi would picture herself as steamed rice being turned into mochi rice cakes.’

https://granta.com/shame-mieko-kawakami/

Andrea Lee& #39;s "The Rivals"
#Fiction #Longreads via @NewYorker @NYerFiction https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/04/the-rivals">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/...

“The Rivals”

“Long vanished were the days of contemplating the sunrise together over caffè ristretto.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/04/the-rivals

Intizar Husain& #39;s "Leaves"
#Fiction #Longreads via @thepunchmag
(Translated from Urdu by Muhammad Umar Memon) https://thepunchmagazine.com/the-byword/fiction/leaves">https://thepunchmagazine.com/the-bywor...

Leaves

https://thepunchmagazine.com/the-byword/fiction/leaves

Jess Walter& #39;s "The New Frontier"
#Fiction #Longreads via @BarcelonaReview
http://barcelonareview.com/80/e_jw.html ">https://barcelonareview.com/80/e_jw.h...

Shehan Karunatilaka& #39;s "The Colonials
#Fiction #Longreads via @Openthemag : @ShehanKaru https://openthemagazine.com/cover-stories/the-colonials/">https://openthemagazine.com/cover-sto...

The Colonials - Open The Magazine

An Englishman, a Dutchman and a Portuguese man walked into a bar. They ordered two arracks and a beer, and sat at the end of a terrace, far from everyone who was yet to arrive. The bar was at The...

https://openthemagazine.com/cover-stories/the-colonials/

Camille Jacobson& #39;s Support Group"
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Support Group | Camille Jacobson

The blisters came two summers ago, after college. The biopsy came back inconclusive, so every month I go back to the office for a check-up.

https://catapult.co/stories/support-group-short-story-camille-jacobson

Zora Neale Hurston& #39;s "A Bit of Our Harlem"
#Fiction #Longreads via @lithub https://lithub.com/a-bit-of-our-harlem/">https://lithub.com/a-bit-of-...

“A Bit of Our Harlem”

He came into the shop with a pitifully small amount of cheap candy to sell. The men gruffly refused to buy or to even look at his wares, and he shuffled toward the door with such a forlorn air that…

https://lithub.com/a-bit-of-our-harlem/

Silas House& #39;s "Jericho"
#Fiction #Longreads via @EcotoneMagazine : @silasdhouse
https://ecotonemagazine.org/fiction/jericho/">https://ecotonemagazine.org/fiction/j...

10 Short-Stories that I enjoyed reading the most in 2020
#Fiction #Longreads via @Longreads https://longreads.com/2021/01/11/ten-outstanding-short-stories-to-read-in-2021/amp/?__twitter_impression=true">https://longreads.com/2021/01/1...

Ten Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2021

Pravesh Bhardwaj read and and shared 304 short stories on the #longreads Twitter hashtag in 2020. Here are his favorites.

https://longreads.com/2021/01/11/ten-outstanding-short-stories-to-read-in-2021/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Featuring stories by @charles_yu, Chigozie Obioma, Colm Toibin, @daniellevalore, @DeeshaPhilyaw, Haruki Murakami, @haszombiesinit, @legroff, Olga Tokarczuk & Susan Choi.

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