Best of 2019: Favorite Online Fiction & Short Stories

Continuing with our series of “Best of 2019″ lists curated by the entire Entropy community, we present some of our favorite selections as nominated by the diverse staff and team here at Entropy, as well as nominations from our readers.

This list brings together some of our favorite online short stories & short fiction published online in 2019.

In no particular order…

1. “Harbor” by Garth Greenwell (The New Yorker)

2. “Cumbia” by Myriam Gurba (The Account)

3. “The Kings of Norway” by Brandon Taylor (Catapult)

4. “Swamps” by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, translated by Ryan Choi (Tin House)

5. “Gah Men” by Rachel Heng (Guernica)

6. “Shape-Ups At Delilah’s” by Rion Amilcar Scott (The New Yorker)

7. “Parsnips in Love” by Porochista Khakpour (Amazon Original Stories)

8. “We Love You, Francie” by Rachel Lyon (Pigeon Pages)

9. “CONSENSUS REALITY 2” by Chase Griffin (Maudlin House)

10. “Self Care” by Julian K. Jarboe (Nat.Brut)

11. “The Fellow” by Joy Williams (The New Yorker)

12. “Not the Foggiest Notion” by Jung Young Moon, Translated by Bruce Fulton & Ju-Chan Fulton (Granta)

13. “Cactus City” by Anne-Marie Kinney (Catapult)

14. “Origami” by Sabrina Helen Li (Tin House)

15. “Blue Dunes” by Lucie Bonvalet (Entropy)

16. “Culprit Unknown” by Naguib Mahfouz, translated by Emily Drumsta (Asymptote Journal)

17. “What Are Children Made Of?” by Gabriel Blackwell (The Adroit Journal)

18. “Cosplay” by Hillary Leftwich (Anomaly)

19. “Dolphins” by Ross Showalter (Hobart)

20. “Liz’s Story” by Kevin Sterne (Maudlin House)

21. “Sheepherding Lesson” by Angie Lee (Cosmonauts Avenue)

22. “Same Husband Twice” by Nicholas Grider (Queen Mob’s Teahouse)

23. Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming (excerpt) by László Krasznahorkai, Translated Ottilie Mulzet (LitHub)

24. “The Haenyeo’s Daughter” by Sydney S. Kim (Wildness)

25. “Loudermilk” by Lucy Ives (Granta)