Short Stories 366:272 — “Storm,” by G. Winston James

I keep taking breaks from His 2, and I don’t think I would have needed to had it not been our year of 2020, the perpetual trash-fire, but it is, and I have been. These short stories are firmly of the 90’s, with all the pain, grief, and sorrow thereof, and they are incredible and …

Short Stories 366:260 — “Birth,” by Gil Cuadros

When I was younger and first coming out, I remember finding Gil Cuadros' poetry somewhere and an interview where he said writing extended his life post-HIV/AIDS diagnosis. "Birth" feels like a short story drawn from the same vein, a kind of reversal, perhaps. Found in His 2, this is one of those times where I'm …

Short Stories 366:239 — “Yellowtail,” by Viet Dinh

When I started this Short Stories 366 project, one of the mail goals was to get through all the dozens of anthologies I've had sitting on my shelves either partially unread or never cracked, and while I've perhaps accomplished this in part, I've also bought so many new anthologies and collections that it's likely I …