Short Stories and Poems

Short Stories and Poems

Texts are organized alphabetically by title. Each title links to a webpage that provides more information and ways you can read the text. You can also access all these pages in the site menu.

B

• Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

F

• The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link 

• Flowers and Bullets by Martín Espada 

• For Some Slight I Can't Quite Recall by Ross Gay 

G

• Gazpacho by Elena Georgiou

H

• Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado 

• How Long 'Til Black Future Month by N. K. Jemisin

L

• Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

M

• Mother of Invention by Nnedi Okorafor

S

• Sanctuary by Donika Kelly 

• Soft Science by Franny Choi 

• Standard Loneliness Package by Charles Yu

V

• The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded by Molly McCully Brown 

Y

• You & Yours by Naomi Shihab Nye