31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 10: “A North American Education” by Clark Blaise
As much as it is a story about sex, "A North American Education" is also a story about fathers and sons.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 9: “Striding Folly” by Dorothy L. Sayers
If "Striding Folly" does not represent Sayers at the height of her powers, it is nevertheless an intriguing oddity.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 8: “The Raincoat” by Martha Bátiz
Bátiz's story examines the class divides that permeate the city through the prism of a Mexican immigrant.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 7: “The Robot and the Baby” by John McCarthy
The story may not work as fiction, but it does illuminate some of the philosophical and ontological dilemmas swirling around the notion of sentient robots.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 6: “End Times” by Michelle Syba
Faith is, to those who don't subscribe, a kind of pandering to scared people.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 5: “The Earring” by Jo Nesbø; Robert Ferguson, trans.
The author's trick in "The Earring" is to convince his reader to sympathize with sad-sack Amund.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 4: “The Umbrella” by Tove Ditlevsen; Michael Favala Goldman, trans.
Ditlevsen is merciless in denying her protagonist catharsis.
31 Days of Stories, Day 3: “Meet You at the Door” by Lawrence Hill
Hill's short story was first published in the Walrus in 2011.
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 2: “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates
The story has numerous commonalities with Everil Worrell's pulp horror tale "Leonora."
31 Days of Stories 2023, Day 1: “Leonora” by Everil Worrell
Worrell foregrounds the degree to which male members of the medical establishment dismiss or ignore women's complaints.