May is International Short Story Month.



This will be the seventh year in a row that I've dedicated the entire month of May to reading nothing but short fiction.

I'm halfway through the month, and this is what I've read so far:

There Will Be Angels... by John Boden
Marlene the Magnificent by John Boden
Bebbel by John McNee
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
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
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
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
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
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