One thing that I've already learned from this project of tracking and reviewing the short stories I read is how many of those stories come from The New Yorker. This isn't necessarily a bad thing--I've been a subscriber for many years, and I appreciate the fact that they're one of the last general interest magazines to actually publish short ( Read more... )

I forgot I had this issue with me, and found it in my back-pack tonight:

58. Paranoia by Said Sayrafiezadeh, from the February 28, 2011 issue of The New Yorker.  The setting is apparently the near-future in New York City. There is talk of unseasonably hot (and then unseasonably cold) temperatures, and there is talk of an unspecified war about to ( Read more... )

Another batch to discuss:

STORIES

43. Appetite by Said Sayrafiezadeh from the March 1, 2010 issue of The New Yorker.  The main character is a short-order cook whose appetite for life far outreaches his abilities.  One major thing intrigued me about this story: the narrator's voice and phrasing come across as though he is an immigrant, but all ( Read more... )