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Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Sunsets Are Giant Rainbows"

Friends and their plans, big and small.

Joel Tomfohr Vol. 1 Brooklyn Apr 2019 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Floating"

The physical and sociological effects of climate change in Thailand.

Pitchaya Sudbanthad Guernica Mar 2019 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Color and Light"

Two brothers interact with a peculiar visitor.

Sally Rooney New Yorker Mar 2019 25min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Heartspace"

Heart removal as therapy.

Melissa Goodrich Necessary Fiction Feb 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Halfway House"

A decrepit building and a shameful family legacy.

Emma Sloley Barren Magazine Oct 2018 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Dead Weight"

The lives of a mortician mother and a wayward veteran stepfather.

Raven Leilani New England Review Sep 2018 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Fire Season"

Two friends contend with mistakes both past and present.

Jad Josey Little Fiction Sep 2018 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Mucci"

A European vacation, a quietly crumbling marriage.

Ursula Villarreal-Moura Bennington Review Aug 2018 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "I'm Sorry Your Daughter Got Eaten by a Cougar"

Hauntings in the aftermath of an animal attack.

Abbey Mei Otis Guernica Magazine Jul 2018 25min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Actor"

Encounters and interactions with a semi-famous star.

Brittany Terwilliger Pithead Chapel Jun 2018 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Bottomless Sounds"

The stark realities of nature and nuture.

Allison Kubu Longleaf Review Jun 2018 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Ringing True"

The lives of a bell maker, a beekeeper, and their observant son.

Alicia Cole Split Lip Magazine May 2018 Permalink

The Birth of a New American Aristocracy

How the 9.9 percent became “the principal accomplices in a process that is slowly strangling the economy, destabilizing American politics, and eroding democracy.”

Matthew Stewart The Atlantic May 2018 1h Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Superman"

A Las Vegas hustler hits his lowest point.

Cari Luna Guernica May 2018 20min Permalink

Business

Cutting 'Old Heads' at IBM

As it scrambled to compete, the tech company cut tens of thousands of U.S. workers, hitting its most senior employees hardest and flouting rules against age bias.

Peter Gosselin, Ariana Tobin ProPublica Mar 2018 35min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Sliver of Blue Ocean"

A beached whale creates a ripple effect in a small fishing village.

Benito Vergara Atticus Review Mar 2018 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Whiskey & Ribbons [Excerpt]"

Family dynamics both real and imagined.

Leesa Cross-Smith Lit Hub Mar 2018 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Railroad Blues"

Small town loneliness, memories, and mistakes.

Jill Talbot Little Fiction Mar 2018 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Voiceless"

The intersection of life and social media in the future.

Emily Smith Hobart Feb 2018 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Stanville"

The interactions of inmates and a teacher at a women's prison.

Rachel Kushner New Yorker Feb 2018 35min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Good Looking Out"

The psychology, interactions, and sadness of a fringe NBA player.

Richard Chiem The Fanzine Jan 2018 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Suggestible Hauntings"

The lives of professional haunters.

Kristen Arnett Triquarterly Jan 2018 20min Permalink

Business

The Real Future of Work

It’s less about robots and the gig economy and more about companies stripping away the security full-time work has long afforded.

Danny Vinik Politico Jan 2018 20min Permalink

Fiction

Ficion: "Eugene OR"

A teenager faces a series of escalating life challenges.

Mary Breaden Vol 1. Brooklyn Nov 2017 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction: "Holograms"

Three teenagers, their futures, the concept of alternate realities.

Robert James Russell Little Fiction Nov 2017 10min Permalink

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