Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Selected Shorts: Wartime Lives | 2007 | Maile Meloy | Buy |
| 2 | xo Orpheus | 2013 | Maile Meloy | Buy |
| 3 | Eat Joy | 2019 | Maile Meloy | Buy |
Maile Meloy has contributed short fiction to several anthologies, including Selected Shorts: Wartime Lives (2007), xo Orpheus (2013), and Eat Joy (2019).
Selected Shorts: Wartime Lives (2007) is an audio collection drawn from the long-running Selected Shorts series at Symphony Space in New York. xo Orpheus (2013) gathers modern retellings of Greek myths from multiple literary fiction writers. Eat Joy (2019) is built around the theme of food and its connection to memory and comfort.
Meloy’s anthology appearances sit alongside her novels and short story collections, which include Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It and Half in Love. Her prose style is spare and precise, and these contributions show her working in different thematic contexts while keeping her distinctive voice.