Short Story Collections for Fans of High Maintenance

Tuck into these while you wait for the next season of HBO's new hit series.

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Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Cathedral by Raymond Carver
Cathedral
Ms. Hempel Chronicles by Sarah Shun Bynum
Ms. Hempel Chronicles
Bark by Lorrie Moore
Bark
Delicate Edible Birds by Lauren Groff
Delicate Edible Birds
Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
Too Much Happiness
This Is Not Your City by Caitlin Horrocks
This Is Not Your City
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
The Fun Parts by Sam Lipsyte
The Fun Parts
Emerald City by Jennifer Egan
Emerald City
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz
This Is How You Lose Her
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs by Tobias Wolff
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Thing Around Your Neck
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If you’re a fan of High Maintenance, the Vimeo web series that recently expanded into 30-minute HBO episodes, you know that it’s about a lot more than weed. Each episode is a glimpse into the interior life of a new character who is connected to The Guy, in a web of people who all buy from the same dealer, but rarely (if ever) connect with each other. Some of the stories told in High Maintenance are heartbreaking, while others are hysterical. Most of the time, an episode will hit on a poetic combination of comedy and tragedy. Co-creators Blichfeld and Sinclair are telling the literary short stories of the television world. So while you’re waiting for the next HBO season, why not continue peering into the unique lives of imagined characters by reading some short story collections?

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Brittany Goss

BRITTANY GOSS is a reader and writer living in Brooklyn. Her creative work has appeared in Confrontation, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Joyland Magazine, and Bellingham Review, among other places. Follow her on Twitter at @blgoss.