May was International Short Story Month.
This was the 7th year in a row where I read only short stories for the month of May.
Here is a complete chronological list of all the shorts I read in May, 2020 (106 stories in total).
| There Will Be Angels... by John Boden |
| Marlene the Magnificent by John Boden |
Bebbel by John McNee
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| This Be the Creation Story by Ben Arzate |
| The Country Musician by Ben Arzate |
| The Arranged Marriage by Ben Arzate |
| Alex Buys Coffee by Ben Arzate |
| The Phantom of Beguilement by W. H. Pugmire |
...but I was reminded of... by Ben
Arzate
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| Popcorn Planet by Kevin Strange |
| Popular Mechanics by Raymond Carver |
| The One Who Took by Chad Lutzke |
| Exhalation by Ted Chiang |
| No Matter Which Way We Turned by Brian Evenson |
| John Four by Caitlin R. Kiernan |
| Dead Deanna by John McNee |
| The Rent is Due by Ben Arzate |
| Sleep by Haruki Murakami |
| The Obese Man Goes On A Diet by Ben Arzate |
| The Soda by Ben Arzate |
| The Complete Idiot's Guide to Saying Goodbye by Ben Arzate |
| Meth Lab Nursery by Ben Arzate |
| Channel 104 at 2:45 AM by Ben Arzate |
Two Sentence Horror Story by Ben Arzate
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| Alex Checks the Mail by Ben Arzate |
| Violent Bitch Hitomi by Ben Arzate |
| My Church by Ben Arzate |
| Water Music by Ben Arzate |
| Unreflected Text by Ben Arzate |
The Akihabara Strangler by Ben Arzate
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| Carnomancer, or The Meat Manager's Prerogative by Matthew M. Bartlett |
| Man Holding Razor Blade by John McNee |
| Please File Under Adult Contemporary by Ben Arzate |
| Sharp-Tongued by Ben Arzate |
| There Goes the Neighborhood by Ben Arzate |
| RealDoll Ballet by Ben Arzate |
| Slaughterhouse Sweetheart by John McNee |
| John Walks Into Bar by Ben Arzate |
| Cathy by Ben Arzate |
| Little Jimmy's Secret by Ben Arzate |
| Why You Should Always Tip the Pizza Guy by Ben Arzate |
| Last Night I Dreamt of Hell and High Waters by Ben Arzate |
| Deep Sea Diving Suit by Ben Arzate |
| Human Roach by Ben Arzate |
| Alex Watches Television by Ben Arzate |
| A Very Young Something with Wings by Ben Arzate |
| War Criminal: A One Act Play for One Performer by Ben Arzate |
Love: A Parable by Ben Arzate
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| The Hands that Reek and Smoke by W. H. Pugmire |
| Skunk Jr. by John McNee |
| A Stranger Dream by Chad Lutzke |
| The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe |
| Dutch Treat by Paul Cain |
| Spettrini by Matthew M. Bartlett |
| Tunnels by Tom Over |
| Computer Problems by Christopher Lesko |
| Pregnant by Kevin Strange |
| Spiderfuck by Kevin Strange |
The Secret by Chad Lutzke
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| Croatoan by Harlan Ellison |
| The Wetness by Tom Over |
| The Vegetarians by Tom Over |
| The Ceaseless Wave (1989) by Tom Over |
| Physical Media by Tom Over |
| The Tree on the Hill by H. P. Lovecraft and Duane W. Rimel |
| A Murmur of Shadows by Tom over |
| The Happiest Thought by Tom Over |
| Phylum by Tom Over |
| The Embarassed Landscape (A Play) by Tom Over |
| The Portable Hum by Tom Over |
| The Comfort Zone by Tom Over |
| Millipede Dreams by Tom Over |
| The Lullaby Man by John McNee |
| ...Hungry...Rats by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. |
| What I Wouldn't Give by Chad Lutzke |
| Born Stillborn by Brian Evenson |
Catskin by Kelly Link
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| A View of the Woods by Flannery O'Connor |
| The Tomato Garden by Ben Arzate |
| Midnight at the Doom Cabaret by John McNee |
| Leaking Out by Brian Evenson |
| Everything Stuck to Him by Raymond Carver |
| The Zanies of Sorrow by W. H. Pugmire |
| One Dirt Road by K. Trap Jones |
| Fat by Raymond Carver |
| Working with the Little People by Harlan Ellison |
| Dust to Dust by W. H. Pugmire |
| Reaching People by Chad Lutzke |
| Following You Home by Matthew M. Bartlett |
| What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver |
| Spicy Constellation by Chad Lutzke |
| One More Thing by Raymond Carver |
| Chocolate-Milk Mistake by Chad Lutzke |
| Mandebrot Moldrot by Lois H. Gresh |
| Four-Finger Discount by Chad Lutzke |
When It Rains... by Chad Lutzke
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| A Weekend Tradition by Chad Lutzke |
| TV Casualty by Chad Lutzke |
| Catch Him by Chad Lutzke |
| Roadkill by Patrick Freivald |
| I, DID (Or, On the Splitting of the Pineal Gland) by Ken Ammi |
| The House of Idiot Children by W. H. Pugmire and Maryanne K. Snyder |
| Beyond the Realm of Dream by W. H. Pugmire |
| Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson |
| No Abiding Place on Earth by Matthew M. Bartlett |
| The Second Door by Brian Evenson |
