Bite-sized Book Club Archive 2026

This is a list of stories we have read for Bite-sized Book Club sessions in 2026, for reference and as a taster for anyone who is interested in joining.

January 2026 - Stories by Emily Devane:

1. Maria Belfiore's Shoes (TSS Publishing, September 2018)
2. Something Like Happy (Lost Balloon, December 2020)
3. River Mother (Janus Literary, February 2021) - alternative link here
4. The Reluctant Reader's Guide to Charles Dickens (FlashFlood, June 2024)

February 2026 - Happy/Positive Stories:

1. Ways to Say that Thing You've Never Said, by Letty Butler (Flash 500, August 2025)
2. Superposition, by Josh Denslow (Okay Donkey, April 2022)
3. Maps, by Aaron Burch (JAKE, July 2024)
4. One, Two, We, Our, by Marisca Pichette (Tales & Feathers, February 2025)

March 2026 - Collaborations:

1. The Disassembling Woman, by Sumitra Singham & Cole Beauchamp (Icebreakers, April 2024)
2. The Third Best Dinner Set, by Anika Carpenter, Sara Hills, Rosaleen Lynch, & James Montgomery (Gooseberry Pie, July 2025)
3. The Hollowing of Her Bones, by MM Bailey, Myna Chang, Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar, Marcy Dilworth, Sara Hills, Ariel M. Goldenthal, Meagan Johanson, & Ellen Weeren (Fractured Lit, June 2022)
4. The Real Monsters Were the Children We Terrorized Along the Way, by Lindz McLeod & Sage Tyrtle (Kaleidotrope, April 2024)

June 2026 - Stories by Matt Kendrick:

1. Black Annis (New Flash Fiction Review, September 2021)
2. Green to the nubbing-cheat (Gone Lawn, January 2024)
3. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (Scrawl Place, October 2024)
4. The Horatio Law (FlashFlood, June 2025)

July 2026 - Science Fiction:

1. Amelia, by Noa Covo (Milk Candy Review, October 2020)
2. Cosmic Micros 2020, by Neil Clark (Fractured Lit, August 2020)
3. Imagine Yourself Happy, by Premee Mohamed (Small Wonders, November 2023)
4. A Track of Color Among the Wars, by Rodrigo Culagovski (Night Shades, September 2025)

August 2026 - Stories using Repetition:

1. The Year of the Flood, by Sudha Balagopal (The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, February 2023)
2. In Every Girl There Is a Forest, by Jonathan Cardew (100 Word Story, September 2020)
3. Praise Rain, by Kathy Fish (The Masters Review, May 2019)
4. You Will, You Will, You Will, by Jad Josey (Lost Balloon, March 2021)