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Wayne's Spot: Quarter 2 Short Story ChallengeApril 2021 Subtotal: 30
From Africa 39
1. New Mom, from a novel in progress - Tope Folarin
2. No Kissing The Dolls Unless Jimi Hendrix Is Playing - Clifton Gachagua
3. Talking Money - Stanley Gazemba
4. Day And Night - Mehul Gohil
5. The Score, from a novel in progress - Hawa Jande Golokai
6. The Pink Oysters - Shafinaaz Hassim
7. Echoes of Mirth - Abubakar Abu Ibrahim
8. The Old Man And The Pub - StanleyOnjezani Kenani
9. Sometime Before Maulidi - Ndinda Kioko
10. from the novel All Our Names - Dinaw Mengistu
11. Numbetr 9 - Nadifa Muhamed
12. from the forthcoming novel Rusty Bell - Nthikeng Mohlele
13. Cinema Demons - Linda Musita
14. An extract from the forthcoming novel Ebamba, Kinshasa-Makumbo - Richard Ali A Mutu
15. By The Tracks, from the orthcoming novel Durban December
16. From the forthcoming novel My New Home - Sifiso Mzobe
17. I'm Going To Make Changes to the Kitchen - Ondjaki
18. Rag Doll - Okwiri Oduor
19. This Is How I remember it - Ukamaka Olisakwe
20. From the forthcoming novel The Wayfarers
21. Hope's Hunter - Mohamed Yunus Rafiq
22. from the novel Ghana Must Go
23. The Sack - Namwali Serpeli
24. from the forthcoming novel Harlot
25. Arroz Azucurado, from the forthcoming novel ¡Azucar!
26. Excerpt from work in progress - Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
27. Soham's Mulatto, from Mood Indigo, a novel in progress.
28. Migrant Labour - Zukiswa Wanner
29. Hiding In Plain Sight - Mary Watson
30. Don Juan
From Telling Tales
31. Bulldog - Arthur Miller
32. The Centaur - José Saramago
33. Down The Quiet Street - Es'kia Maphahlele
34. The Firebird's Nest - Salman Rusdie
35. Cell Phone - Ingo Schulze
36. Death Constant Beyond Love - Gabriel García Márquez
37. The Age Of Lead -Margaret Atwood
38. Witnesses of an Era - Günther Grass
39. The Journey to the Dead - John Updike
40. Sugar Baby - Chinua Achebe
41. The Way of the Wind - Amos Oz
42. Warm Dogs - Paul Theroux
43. The Ass and the Ox - Michael Tournier
44. Death of a Son - Njabbulo S. Ndebele
45. The Letter Scene - Susan Sontag
46. To Have been - Claudio Magris
47. A Meeting, At Last - Hanif Kureishi
48. Associations in Blue - Christa Wolf
49. The Rejection - Woody Allen
50. The Ultimate Safari - Nadine Gordimer
51. Abandoned Children of This Planet - Kenzaburo Oe
52. A Modest Proposal
53. Indian Summer of a Forsyte
54. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
My spot:
April:
1. Bears discover Fire by Terry Bisson (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fi...)
2. Babette’s Feast
3. Maru
4. They're made out of Meat by Terry Bisson
5. The Toxic Donut by Terry Bisson
6. So Long a Letter
7. A Room with a View
8. Passing
9. I Stand Here Ironing
10. Youth Completed 24 June 4 stars
11. Xingu
12. Letters to a Young Poet
13. A Whimsy of the World
From Nudibranch:
14. Point and Trill
15. Grace Jones
16. Saudade Minus One
17. Nudibranch
18. Daishuku
19.Mangata
20. Komza Bright Morning
21. Addendum
22. Cornucopia
23. Synsepalum
24. Zinzi from Boketto
25. Dune Dunelm
April:
1. Bears discover Fire by Terry Bisson (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fi...)
2. Babette’s Feast
3. Maru
4. They're made out of Meat by Terry Bisson
5. The Toxic Donut by Terry Bisson
6. So Long a Letter
7. A Room with a View
8. Passing
9. I Stand Here Ironing
10. Youth Completed 24 June 4 stars
11. Xingu
12. Letters to a Young Poet
13. A Whimsy of the World
From Nudibranch:
14. Point and Trill
15. Grace Jones
16. Saudade Minus One
17. Nudibranch
18. Daishuku
19.Mangata
20. Komza Bright Morning
21. Addendum
22. Cornucopia
23. Synsepalum
24. Zinzi from Boketto
25. Dune Dunelm
My spot:
1. When Birdie Babysat Spider: A Jayne Frost Short
Exit Wounds:
2. The Bully
3. Dead Weight
4. Like a Glass Jaw
5.On the Anatomization of an Unknown Man
6. The Pitcher
7. Disciplined
8. The Consumers
9. Voices Through the Wall
10. Wet With Rain
11. Happy Holidays
12. Fool You Twice
13. Lebensraum
14. Dancing Towards the Blade
15. Kittens
16. Take My Hand
17. Dressed To Kill
18. Booty and the Beast
19. The New Lad
20. The Recipe
1. When Birdie Babysat Spider: A Jayne Frost Short
Exit Wounds:
2. The Bully
3. Dead Weight
4. Like a Glass Jaw
5.On the Anatomization of an Unknown Man
6. The Pitcher
7. Disciplined
8. The Consumers
9. Voices Through the Wall
10. Wet With Rain
11. Happy Holidays
12. Fool You Twice
13. Lebensraum
14. Dancing Towards the Blade
15. Kittens
16. Take My Hand
17. Dressed To Kill
18. Booty and the Beast
19. The New Lad
20. The Recipe
Total Q2 = 19April
* Rogue; Planet Athion
* Jabir's Very Special Christmas Gift
* Marilyn's Christmas Surprise
* Jazmin The Beautiful Sheep
* Yours Truly, Your Soldier
* Rogue; Planet Athion
* Back To Her
* Masters of Eden
* License and registration
* Back To Her
* Chocolate Cupcakes and Death
* The witch and the wolf
* Love at the Christmas Coffee Shop
May
* Home for the Holidays: The Montana McKennas
* Raw Silk
* Babysitter’s Daddy
* What Daddy Doesn’t Know
June
* The Werewolf's Bride
* A Very Trinity Christmas
My Spot for Quarter 2:The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
An Avenger by Anton Chekhov
A Blunder by Anton Chekhov
Boys by Anton Chekhov
The Huntsman by Anton Chekhov
The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov
Misery by Anton Chekhov
Oysters by Anton Chekhov
Randomize by Andy Weir
Ark by Veronica Roth
The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay
Books mentioned in this topic
Passing (other topics)So Long a Letter (other topics)
Nudibranch (other topics)
I Stand Here Ironing (other topics)
A Room with a View (other topics)
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This challenge tracks all the shorter books read during the quarter.
The challenge will run from April 01, 2021 - June 30, 2021
List all short stories and novellas of less than 150 pages read during the quarter in this thread.
You may list individual stories in an anthology.
There is no limit on the number of stories or authors listed.