Short stories published in Ploughshares

Established in 1971, Ploughshares is an American literary journal published quarterly; widely considered one of the most prestigious journals in the country, it has published more Pushchart-winning stories than any other publication in the past several years.

Listing 70 stories.

When a mixed-race Black woman attends her family reunion in North Carolina, she is unsure how to reveal to her family that her father has died and left her all his land.

A middle aged man seeking a diagnosis for multiple sclerosis sees a friend's daughter getting a secret abortion at the hospital he is visiting.

When a young girl moves with her family from England to the United States, she must navigate the foreign politics of her new school.

A Korean War nurse faces gripping memories of childhood loss upon encountering an old friend.

A seventy-something-year-old woman dutifully visits her husband's grave only to realize that she contributed to the unhappiness of her marriage by letting her husband die lonely and unwanted.

In the 1990s, after he ends ends up in a welfare hotel during a convention and is injured by a group of teenagers, an Asian American businessman thinks about his recent divorce and rethinks his current career.

Going under the name "Black Elvis," a performer meets a another vocalist and faces an identity crisis.

Going under the name "Black Elvis," a performer meets a another vocalist and faces an identity crisis.

Consumed by the memory of his larger-than-life roommate who recently passed away from AIDS, a grieving man working at an art gallery reflects on life.

In the year 2000, Orion is a young software developer who’s hit it big with his tech company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Despite his long-term relationship, success, and newfound riches, he feels an emptiness in his life, leading him into dangerous territory.