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2010s

Fiction

Every Thought, Every Motion

A story of an Antarctic data hack.

Berit Ellingsen Cartridge Lit Jul 2014 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Christmas Miracle"

A hallucinatory, grotesque family Christmas.

Rebecca Curtis The New Yorker Dec 2013 35min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "These Bad Things"

A family camping trip; the effects of legends.

Danielle Dutton Guernica Dec 2019 10min Permalink

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Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Only One Who Could Ever Teach Me"

Widowers form a bond.

Jason Villemez Joyland Magazine Dec 2019 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Only Orange"

Grown siblings, relationships, and ways of seeing.

Camille Bordas The New Yorker Dec 2019 30min Permalink

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Fiction Pick of the Week: "My Mother, An Ouroboros"

A mother and son navigate hope and setbacks.

G.M. Rosa Catapult Dec 2019 20min Permalink

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Fiction Pick of the Week: "Appendaged"

A neighbor's strange procedure; a couple's disintegrating marriage.

Nick Bertelson Pithead Chapel Dec 2019 15min Permalink

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Fiction Pick of the Week: "Stupid Zebra"

A hockey father's escalating faultsthe.

Bradley Babendir The Sun Magazine Nov 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Juan, Actually"

A night of various crises and personal reflection.

Christopher Gonzalez Berfrois Nov 2019 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Ruins, 2005"

A student navigates unexpected connections and the threat of terrorism.

J.E. Reich Little Fiction Nov 2019 30min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Deficit"

A need for money causes interpersonal confusion.

Michele Suzann Vol. 1 Brooklyn Oct 2019 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Take It"

A homeless teen stumbles upon a strange house party.

Namwali Serpell Lit Hub Oct 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Girl Gangs of Pacific Avenue"

A girl gang rules over a neighborhood.

Heather Kamins Guernica Oct 2019 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Lost Day"

A violinist's intersection of talent, music, and desire.

DeMisty D. Bellinger Barren Magazine Oct 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Editor"

Murderous readers and a house of memory.

Bud Smith The Nervous Breakdown Oct 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Floating"

The complexities of aging and desire.

Ben Tanzer Maudlin House Sep 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Old School"

A father struggles with old and new parenting techniques.

Jane Snyder BULL Magazine Sep 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Daughter's Guide to Lavender"

A refugee's daughter examines identity and spaces.

Sophia Terazawa The Offing Sep 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Green Bridge"

A girl spends time with her mentally unstable mother.

Cathy Mellett Atlas & Alice Sep 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Stone"

A mystical stone guides a woman through her life.

Louise Erdrich New Yorker Sep 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "No Matter"

A possible visitor from the future; the upheaval of time and logic.

Kendra Fortmeyer Lightspeed Magazine Aug 2019 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "History of Girls"

Dead and living girls communicate in the aftermath of a disaster.

Ayşe Papatya Bucak Lit Hub Aug 2019 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Strangers No More"

A scary proposal sends a husband spiraling.

Ryan Bradford Paper Darts Aug 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Who Are You"

Sexual and personal growth intertwine.

Cassandra Morrison Juked Magazine Jul 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Decisions"

Current near-misses, haunting memories.

Rhonda Schlumpberger Last Exit Jul 2019 Permalink

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