Fiction Pick of the Week: "The King of South Phoenix"
The intersection of climate change and reality TV.
2010s
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Under the Wave"
A mother and child navigate life after a natural disaster.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "My Old College Friend"
Past and present intermingle in various meetings and revelations with an old friend.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Sakura Trip"
A young lesbian poet's confused love.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Actor"
Encounters and interactions with a semi-famous star.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Bottomless Sounds"
The stark realities of nature and nuture.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Exact Same Prize" (reprint)
A Longform Fiction reprint: The complexities of a grandmother's wish to die.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Ways in Which He Furnished His Apartment"
A life in objects.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Ringing True"
The lives of a bell maker, a beekeeper, and their observant son.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Superman"
A Las Vegas hustler hits his lowest point.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "When the Rain Comes"
With upheaval looming, a college tennis player considers his love, his training, and his own agency.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Flawless Silence"
A Chinese-American woman's past and present collide.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Dropping Dimes"
A basketball player cares for his addicted sister.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Having a Catch With Dad Is Much Harder Than Field of Dreams Makes It Out To Be"
Baseball and complicated father/son relationships.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Drive South"
Two friends wait out a storm in Waffle House on their way to uncertainty.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Bespoke"
The pros and cons of computerized boyfriend models; reposted in honor of the late fabulist Zachary Doss.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Sliver of Blue Ocean"
A beached whale creates a ripple effect in a small fishing village.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Whiskey & Ribbons [Excerpt]"
Family dynamics both real and imagined.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Railroad Blues"
Small town loneliness, memories, and mistakes.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Love Story In a Movie Theater Where a Loud Man is Smoking a Cigarette"
A theater as the scene of escalating events.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Voiceless"
The intersection of life and social media in the future.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Stanville"
The interactions of inmates and a teacher at a women's prison.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Silk"
Two girls connected by friendship and strange magic.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Good Looking Out"
The psychology, interactions, and sadness of a fringe NBA player.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Re-Stitched"
Two sisters; a grotesque religious ritual.
