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I’m so glad I started this challenge, I’ve discovered some real gems of stories and brilliant new authors. I never thought of myself as a short story fan but now I can say that I know what all the fuss is about. Here’s what I’m going to be reading from April to June this year.
Week beginning 6th April
Roots And All by Brian Hodge from the collection A Book of Horrors
Week beginning 13th April
The Dunwich Horror by H.P. Lovecraft from the collection The Definitive H.P. Lovecraft
Week beginning 20th April
Bloodsport by Tom Cain from the collection The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 7
Week beginning 27th April
The Smoothest Way Is Full Of Stones by Julie Orringer from the collection How To Breathe Underwater
Week beginning 4th May
Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf from the collection Stories To Get You Through The Night
Week beginning 11th May
The Jaunt by Stephen King from the collection Skeleton Crew
Week beginning 18th May
Camp Sundown by Nathan Englander from the collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Week beginning 25th May
The Giant’s Boneyard by Lucy Wood from the collection Diving Belles
Week beginning 1st June
A Telephone Call by Dorothy Parker from the collection The Story: Love, Loss and The Lives of Women, 100 Great Stories
Week beginning 8th June
Dougbert Shackleton’s Rules For Antarctic Tailgating by Karen Russell from the collection Vampires In The Lemon Grove
Week beginning 15th June
The Man With The Twisted Lip by Arthur Conan Doyle from the collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Week beginning 22nd June
The Nightlong River by Sarah Hall from the collection The Beautiful Indifference
Week beginning 29th June
Narrative of Agent 97-4702 by Rajesh Parameswaran from the collection I Am An Executioner
