A list of single short stories by African-American authors. This list is for *single* short stories, *not* collections of short stories. Preferably singles that have already been published in a literary journal like Day One, for example because there’s less chance of typos and grammatical errors.

1. Leopardia (A Short Story) by LaTanya McQueen
2. Butterball by Brit Bennett
3. On Monday Nights We Danced in the Park by Nikki Dolson
4. In Asbury Park, Someone Lies Waiting by Persia Walker
5. If I See You First (A Short Story) by Tia Clark
6. Those Who Leave by Brandon Taylor
7. Long Distances by Jewell Parker Rhodes
8. Tuna (A Short Story) by Tyrese L. Coleman
9. Keeper of Keys by Bernice L. McFadden
10. Thirty-Second Annual Chitlin Strut by DeLana R.A. Dameron
11. An Hour from Home by Bernard Grant
12. The Eyesore (A Short Story) by Diane Hinton Perry
13. Half Light by Tayari Jones
14. Dispossession by Tayari Jones
15. In the Pines by Kashana Cauley
16. Bayou Teché by Jewell Parker Rhodes
17. Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin
18. George Washington’s Teeth by Kiley Reid
19. Simplexity by Kiley Reid
20. 2043… a Merman I Should Turn to Be (Black Stars, #3) by Nisi Shawl
21. The Sand Banks, 1861 by David Wright Faladé
22. River Home: A Short Story by Sharon Ewell Foster
23. How It Ends by Rachel Howzell Hall
24. Corollary by Hughes Allison
25. The Perfection of Theresa Watkins by Justin C. Key
26. Spider King by Justin C. Key
27. The Fool Who Thought Too Much by Ishmael Reed
28. Checkup by Ann Petry
29. The Front Line by W.C. Dunlap
30. Conjurer’s Rites by Jen Brown
31. Sela, Thief by Zabe Bent
32. Fugue State by Steven Barnes
33. The Everest Society by Shannon Sanders
34. Zyzzyva No. 121 by Laura Cogan
35. Old Boys, Old Girls by Edward P. Jones