Fiction Pick of the Week: "Six Months Dry"
Sober living, loss, and unexpected connections.
Fiction
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Sometimes You Break Their Hearts, Sometimes They Break Yours"
An undercover alien observes various human behaviors.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Ballad of Black Tom"
An excerpt from LaValle's novel about a black man in a Lovecraftian universe.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Do Not Save the Ferocious, Save the Tender"
A shipwreck, a mythical creature.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Classic Bernd"
College friends come together during a power failure and the onset of an ill-fated relationship.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Secondhand"
Various time passages in an old home.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Fire Was Coming"
Religion, high school football, and racial problems in small town America.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Anima"
A young woman's fears and observations, both past and present.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "It Falls Away Slowly"
Two men examine their breakup.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Briar Switch"
A dangerous trek to visit a dying father.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Way You Look at Me"
Marriage, infidelity, distance, and communications.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Suitors"
A story of high school, sexuality, and tagging; from Puerto del Sol's first online issue.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Don't Look Now"
Intertwined memories of institutions, family, and the creepy side of industrialization.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Delira"
A depressed young woman takes a serving job alongside ominous, creepy co-workers.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Who Will Greet You at Home"
Magic, horror, and handmade children.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Brief History of Seven Killings [Excerpt]"
An excerpt from the winner of the Man Booker Prize.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "I Only Want to Talk About the Nice Things"
On the eve of their daughter's wedding, a divorced couple is confused by old feelings despite sexual identities.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Like Home"
A band's tour problems range from bedbugs to internal strife.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Toroid"
On mathematical shapes and family ruptures.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "We Men of Science"
A story of science, weirdness, and alternate realities.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Stay A While"
An elderly woman renovates her basement for renters and discovers uncomfortable truths about herself.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Souvenir"
A sad harmony of tourists and local English legends.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Apartment"
A new neighbor's arrival highlights old and quiet problems.
Fiction Pick the Week: "The Thief"
Theft and magic in the early 20th century.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Dark Air"
A trip to the country turns into nightmare beset by mysterious creatures and body transformations.
"When we went over to look at the creature, it was mostly flattened. It looked like a crow, except the feathers had fallen off its back. Underneath, the flesh was scaly and pink. The exposed skin was split in half by a row of translucent spikes. The spikes were moving slightly, pointing first in this direction, then in that. The smell made me wrinkle my nose. It was an oddly sweet smell to find outdoors, like an open vat of lollipop flavoring."
