Short Story a Day

In an effort to get through all the collections and anthologies I’ve accumulated in the last year-and-a-half or so, I decided to make one of my reading goals for 2012 to be to read at least one short story a day. These will come from anthologies, single author collections, magazines, online, etc. Basically anywhere I find them, from all over the map. I’m going to keep a running tally of them via this page as the year progresses. Here’s to sticking with it. . . .

1. Bizco’s Memories by Paco Ignacio Taibo II from Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail! (Switchblade Press) (01/01/2012)
2. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell by Larry Fondation from Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail! (Switchblade Press) (01/01/2012)
3. I Saw What I Saw by David Barber from Near to the Knuckle (Online) (01/02/2012)
4. Dog Days of Summer by John Kenyon from All Due Respect, Issue #19: January, 2012 (Online) (01/03/2012)
5. Real Life by Donald Ray Pollock from Knockemstiff (Anchor Books) (01/04/2012)
6. The Echo of Neighborly Bones by Daniel Woodrell from The Outlaw Album (Little Brown) (01/05/2012)
7. Uncle by Daniel Woodrell from The Outlaw Album (Little Brown) (01/05/2012)
8. Peanut by Aaron Michael Morales from Drowning Tucson (Coffee House Press) (01/06/2012)
9. Flashflood by Aaron Michael Morales from Drowning Tucson (Coffee House Press) (01/06/2012)
10. Shepherd by Michael Stackpole from Murderous Magick (Stormwolf) (01/07/2012)
11. The Adventure of the Red Riding Hood by Michael Stackpole from Murderous Magick (Stormwolf) (01/07/2012)
12. Dynamite Hole by Donald Ray Pollock from Knockemstiff (Anchor Books) (01/07/2012)
13. The Music Teacher by Ginger Rose from Jacques Magazine, Issue #7: Winter, 2011 (Online) (01/08/2012)
14. Five Modern Crusoes by Nigel Pitman from Orion, November/December, 2011 (Online) (01/08/2012)
15. Doe Run Road by Dennis Tafoya from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/09/2012)
16. They Take You by Kyle Minor from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/09/2012)
17. Ice Cream by Aaron Michael Morales from Drowning Tucson (Coffee House Press) (01/10/2012)
18. Rainbow by Aaron Michael Morales from Drowning Tucson (Coffee House Press) (01/10/2012)
19. The Half-Skinned Steer by Annie Proulx from Close Range (Scribner) (01/11/2012)
20. Hill Clan Cross by Frank Bill from Crimes In Southern Indiana (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux) (01/11/2012)
21. The Staying Freight by Alan Heathcock from Volt (Graywolf) (01/12/2012)
22. The Prodigal by Chuck Tyrell from Where Legends Ride (Express Westerns) (01/12/2012)
23. Requiem for Spider by Reed Farrel Coleman from Pulp Ink (ebook) (01/13/2012)
24. Jack Rabbit Slim’s Cellar – The $5 Mil Hak by Jodi MacArthur from Pulp Ink (ebook) (01/13/2012)
25. Refresh, Refresh by Benjamin Percy from Refresh, Refresh (Graywolf) (01/14/2012)
26. The Caves in Oregon by Benjamin Percy from Refresh, Refresh (Graywolf) (01/14/2012)
27. Bad Movie by Pete Risley from All Due Respect, Issue #20: January, 2012 (Online) (01/15/2012)
28. The Stain Carrier by Sophie Littlefield from Beat to a Pulp (Online) (01/15/2012)
29. That of Which We Cannot Speak by Alethea Black from I Knew You’d Be Lovely (Broadway) (01/16/2012
30. Deviances by Frank Bill from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/16/2012)
31. Speed Trap by Duane Swierczynski from Tales from the Cobra Wars (IDW) (01/17/2012)
32. Twin Forks by Daniel Woodrell from The Outlaw Album (Little Brown) (01/17/2012)
33. Gunplay by Thomas Pluck from Pulp Metal Magazine (Online) (01/17/2012)
34. Tight by John DuMond from Powder Burn Flash (Online) (01/18/2012)
35. A Gathering of Ravens by Charles Gramlich from Dreams in the Fire: Stories and Poetry Inspired by Robert E. Howard (REHupa) (01/18/2012)
36. Job History by Annie Proulx from Close Range (Scribner) (01/18/2012)
37. Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock from Knockemstiff (Anchor Books) (01/19/2012)
38. The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich from The Red Convertible (Harper Collins) (01/19/2012)
39. Smoke by Alan Heathcock from Volt (Graywolf) (01/20/2012)
40. My Father’s Gun by Dave White from Damn Near Dead (Busted Flush) (01/20/2012)
41. The Only Way Out Is Through by Alethea Black from I Knew You’d Be Lovely (Broadway) (01/21/2012)
42. How We Fall by Shann Ray from American Masculine (Graywolf) (01/21/2012)
43. Special Topic: Terrorism by Hal Niedzviecki from Look Down, This Is Where It Must Have Happened (City Lights) (01/22/2012)
44. The Woods by Benjamin Percy from Refresh, Refresh (Graywolf) (01/22/2012)
45. Pig Helmet & The Wall of Life by Pinckney Benedict from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/22/2012)
46. An Orphan’s Tale by Jonathan Woods from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/22/2012)
47. It’s Too Late, Baby by Annette Meyers from A Hell of a Woman (Busted Flush) (01/23/2012)
48. The Sutton Pie Safe by Pinckney Benedict from Town Smokes (Ontario) (01/23/2012)
49. Florianne by Daniel Woodrell from The Outlaw Album (Little Brown) (01/23/2012)
50. Ballad of Larry Plank by Derek Nikitas from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/23/2012)
51. Five Revelations Concerning Jenny L. As Told To Maura C. By A Compassionate Angel by Laura Benedict from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/24/2012)
52. Falling Out Of Love by Larry Brown from Big Bad Love (Vintage) (01/24/2012)
53. The Mud Below by Annie Proulx from Close Range (Scribner) (01/24/2012)
54. Care of the Circumcised Penis by Sean Doolittle from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/24/2012)
55. The Morning After by Jedidiah Ayres from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/24/2012)
56. Underground Wonder Bound by Richard Thomas from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/24/2012)
57. To Build a Fire by Jack London from The Great Adventure Stories of Jack London (Bantam) (01/25/2012)
58. Hair’s Fate by Donald Ray Pollock from Knockemstiff (Anchor Books) (01/25/2012)
59. Outside Lou’s by David Cirillo from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/25/2012)
60. Everyone Grieves in a Unique Way by Anthony Neal Smith from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/25/2012)
61. Big Artie by Malachi Stone from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/25/2012)
62. Vampires are Pussies by Chris La Tray from Noir at the Bar (Subterranean) (01/25/2012)
63. Peacekeeper by Alan Heathcock from Volt (Graywolf) (01/26/2012)
64. Slippy for President by Steve Almond from The Best American Erotica 2005 (Touchstone) (01/26/2012)
65. Good in a Crisis by Alethea Black from I Knew You’d Be Lovely (Broadway) (01/27/2012)
66. Helper by Joseph Bruchac from Indian Country Noir (Akashic) (01/27/2012)
67. The Killing by Benjamin Percy from Refresh, Refresh (Graywolf) (01/28/2012)
68. Lusus Naturae by Margaret Atwood from McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories (Vintage) (01/28/2012)
69. In the Hard Nowhere by Chris Rhatigan from Watch You Drown (ebook) (01/29/2012)
70. Padre by AJ Hayes from Pulp Ink (ebook) (01/29/2012)
71. The Creation of Ice by Sandra Seamans from Pulp Ink (ebook) (01/29/2012)
72. The Dame, the Doctor, and the Device by Chris F. Holm from A Rip Through Time (ebook) (01/13/2012)
73. Scales by Louise Erdrich from The Red Convertible (Harper Collins) (01/30/2012)
74. The Crawling Sky by Joe R. Lansdale from Son of Retro Pulp Tales (Subterranean) (01/30/2012)
75. Sleep, Creep, Leap by Patricia Abbott from Damn Near Dead 2 (Busted Flush) (01/31/2012)
76. Black Step by Daniel Woodrell from The Outlaw Album (Little Brown) (01/31/2012)
77. The Shrewd Variant by Kieran Shea from Needle: A Magazine of Noir (Spring 2010) (02/01/2012)
78. .44 Blues by Kent Gowran from Needle: A Magazine of Noir (Spring 2010) (02/01/2012)
79. Countdown by Eric Beetner from Needle: A Magazine of Noir (Spring 2010) (02/01/2012)
80. The Blood Bay by Annie Proulx from Close Range (Scribner) (02/02/2012)
81. Pills by Donald Ray Pollock from Knockemstiff (Anchor Books) (02/02/2012)
82. Battles, Broadswords, and Bad Girls by Charles Gramlich from A Rip Through Time (ebook) (02/03/2012)
83. Chaos in the Stream by Garnett Elliott from A Rip Through Time (ebook) (02/03/2012)
84. Darkling in the Eternal Space by Chad Eagleton from A Rip Through Time (ebook) (02/03/2012)
85. Furlough by Alan Heathcock from Volt (Graywolf) (02/03/2012)
86. The Final Painting of Hawley Exton by Chad Eagleton from A Rip Through Time (ebook) (02/04/2012)
87. Zed’s Dead, Baby by Eric Beetner from Pulp Ink (ebook) (02/05/2012)
88. Your Mother Should Know by Allan Guthrie from Pulp Ink (ebook) (02/05/2012)
89. Giganthomachy by Donald Ray Pollock from Knockemstiff (Anchor Books) (02/05/2012)
90. The Thing Itself by Alethea Black from I Knew You’d Be Lovely (Broadway) (02/05/2012)
91. How to Tell a Bird From Its Shadow by Ashley Rose Davidson from Whitefish Review (Issue #5) (02/06/2012)
92. Taking the Long Way by Susan Ewing from Whitefish Review (Issue #5) (02/06/2012)
93. Meltdown by Benjamin Percy from Refresh, Refresh (Graywolf) (02/06/2012)
94. Swords of the Hills by Robert E. Howard from El Borak and Other Desert Adventures (Ballantine) (02/08/2012)
95. Americca by Aimee Bender from Fantastic Women (Tin House) (02/08/2012)
96. You Never Can Tell by Matthew C. Funk from Pulp Ink (ebook) (02/09/2012)
97. Night Stand by Daniel Woodrell from The Outlaw Album (Little Brown) (02/10/2012)
98. Two Things by Daniel Woodrell from The Outlaw Album (Little Brown) (02/10/2012)
99. A Whole Lot of Rosie by Nigel Bird from Pulp Ink (ebook) (02/10/2012)
100. The Horse in Our History by Daniel Woodrell from The Outlaw Album (Little Brown) (02/11/2012)
101. Woe to Live On by Daniel Woodrell from The Outlaw Album (Little Brown) (02/11/2012)
102. Dream Spot by Daniel Woodrell from The Outlaw Album (Little Brown) (02/11/2012)
103. One United by Daniel Woodrell from The Outlaw Album (Little Brown) (02/11/2012)
104. Returning the River by Daniel Woodrell from The Outlaw Album (Little Brown) (02/11/2012)
105. The Parker Panic by Michael Stackpole from Murderous Magick (Stormwolf) (02/11/2012)
106. Out the Window by Lawrence Block from The Night and the Music (ebook) (02/12/2012)
107. Battle for the Laughing City by Richard Godwin from Thrillers, Killers n’ Chillers (Online) (02/12/2012)
108. Still Life With Skulls by Charles Gramlich from In the Language of Scorpions (Borgo) (02/12/2012)
109. God’s Dream by Charles Gramlich from Strange Worlds (Space Puppet) (02/13/2012)
110. The Great Divide by Shann Ray from American Masculine (Graywolf) (02/14/2012)
111. The Black Widow Club by Hilary Davidson from Needle: A Magazine of Noir (Spring 2010) (02/14/2012)
112. People in Hell Just Want a Drink of Water by Annie Proulx from Close Range (Scribner) (02/15/2012)
113. Look Down, This Is Where It Must Have Happened by Hal Niedzviecki from Look Down, This Is Where It Must Have Happened (City Lights) (02/15/2012)
114. Fort Apache by Alan Heathcock from Volt (Graywolf) (02/16/2012)
115. Lazarus by Alan Heathcock from Volt (Graywolf) (02/16/2012)
116. Love of Life by Jack London from The Great Adventure Stories of Jack London (Bantam) (02/16/2012)
117. Schott’s Bridge by Donald Ray Pollock from Knockemstiff (Anchor Books) (02/17/2012)
118. Nickels and Dimes by John A. Imani from Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail! (Switchblade Press) (02/17/2012)
119. The Lady & the Gimp by Paul D. Brazill from Pulp Ink (ebook) (02/18/2012)
120. A Night at the Royale by Chris F. Holm from Pulp Ink (ebook) (02/18/2012)
121. Clouds in a Bunker by David Cranmer from Pulp Ink (ebook) (02/18/2012)
122. The Wife of Gregory Bell by Patricia Abbott from Pulp Ink (ebook) (02/19/2012)
123. A Candle for the Bag Lady by Lawrence Block from The Night and the Music (ebook) (02/19/2012)
124. Chimes by Charles Gramlich from In the Language of Scorpions (Borgo) (02/19/2012)
125. When the World Changed by Ken St. Andre from Strange Worlds (Space Puppet) (02/19/2012)
126. These Old Bones by Frank Bill from Crimes In Southern Indiana (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux) (02/20/2012)
127. All the Awful by Frank Bill from Crimes In Southern Indiana (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux) (02/20/2012)
128. The Laziest Form of Revelation by Alethea Black from I Knew You’d Be Lovely (Broadway) (02/20/2012)
129. A House in the Country by T.L. Toma from Whitefish Review (Issue #5) (02/21/2012)
130. Easier Than Working by Gillian F. Taylor from Where Legends Ride (Express Westerns) (02/21/2012)
131. Santa Barbara and the Killing is Easy by Cormac Brown from Needle: A Magazine of Noir (Spring 2010) (02/22/2012)
132. Whisper by Benjamin Percy from Refresh, Refresh (Graywolf) (02/22/2012)
133. Death Turned Away by Charles Gramlich from In the Language of Scorpions (Borgo) (02/22/2012)
134. Machine Wash Warm; Tumble Dry by Charles Gramlich from In the Language of Scorpions (Borgo) (02/22/2012)
135. Metal Rat and the Brand New Jungle by Jennifer Rahn from Strange Worlds (Space Puppet) (02/23/2012)
136. Heroes by Randy Bekkedahl from Whitefish Review (Issue #5) (02/23/2012)
137. Contents May Have Shifted by Pam Houston from Orion, January|February 2012 (Online) (02/23/2012)
138. The Daughter by Alan Heathcock from Volt (Graywolf) (02/24/2012)
139. Volt by Alan Heathcock from Volt (Graywolf) (02/24/2012)