Here at last: the thirty stories shortlisted for The Masters Review Volume X! These thirty stories are now in the hands of Diane Cook, who has the incredibly difficult job of narrowing this list to just ten. Those ten selected stories will be included in our tenth anthology, alongside essays from a few of our former contributors about their careers in the time since their TMR publication! Congratulations to all of the writers on our shortlist! Check back in a month for the finalist selections.
The Bird Rattle by Chelsy Diaz Amaya
Atlas, Bayonet, (War) Correspondence: An Abecedarian by Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt
Limbs by Megan Callahan
Waiting for the Bees by Trisha M. Cowen
Bellerophon by Natasha D’Amours
Nuoc mam Requiem by Diem Dangers
Do Not Duplicate by John Darcy
Resurrection by Hilary Dean
All This Could Be Yours by Rodrigo Duran
Comfort Animals by Travis Eisenbise
Scrapbooking for Necromancers by Jeff Frawley
Bad Croissant by Ally Glass-Katz
Walking to Camano by Clemintine Guirado
A Pinned Moth Under Glass Still Breathes by Lesley Hart Gunn
Persimmon by Elissa C. Huang
Burning Desire by Zilla Jones
My Vows by Alissa Joseph
Abandon Ship by Mary Kuryla
The Abandoned House by Nathan Alling Long
So Long, Gregor by Mehdi M. Kashani
Peer Melvin by Lily Meyer
Imagine This, Thaddeus by Brad Aaron Modlin
The Highest Form of Love by Shannon Perri
How To Stay in Touch With People You Love When You Live All Over the World by Erin Pesut
All That Is or Ever Was or Ever Will Be by Eliana Ramage
The Patchwork Map by Rebecca Reynolds
A String of Lapis Beads by Greg Schutz
The Rubber Band by Liz Shulman
Platinum and Salt by Sarah Tanburn
Sugar by Francis Walsh