Below are 24 short stories from some of Debutiful founder Adam Vitcavage’s favorite debut short story collections, all published since the website’s launch in 2019.
Each book cover is linked to an online literary magazine where you can read the story in full.
“Anomaly”
Puloma Ghosh
“Masquerade Season”
‘Pemi Aguda
“Exotics”
Dantiel W. Moniz
“Guts”
Kimberly King Parsons
“Splashdown”
Jonathan Escoffery
“Mote”
Shannon Sanders
“610, North, 610 West”
Bryan Washington
“My Abuela, The Puppet”
Ruben Reyes, Jr.
“Vermilion”
Lena Valencia
“Safe Harbor”
Morgan Talty
“Rainbow Rainbow”
Lydi Conklin
“Go Way Back”
Kelsey Norris
“Zeroes:Ones”
Cleo Qian
“The Devil is a Liar”
Nana Nkweti
“Sleepovers”
Ashleigh Bryant Phillips
“Snowfall”
Deesha Philyaw
“Please Hold”
Peter Kispert
“Remedies”
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
“Fuckface”
Leah Hampton
“Temporary Dwellers”
Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
“I Figured We Were Doomed”
Kate Doyle
“Crybaby Ridge”
Rebecca Turkewitz
“Yaiza”
Brenda Peynado
“Heart Seeks Brain”
Kate Folk
