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Fiction

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Everything Is Far From Here"

In a purgatory-like immigration center, a woman awaits the arrival of her son.

Cristina Henríquez New Yorker Jul 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Grace"

Illness and identity in a quietly fractured family.

Brandon Taylor The Rumpus Jul 2017 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Three Days Later"

A soldier attempts to deliver a death notice.

Jono Naito Pithead Chapel Jul 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Little Skin Bag"

In a surreal, grotesque world, a woman named Little Skin Bag searches for a sense of self .

Bridget Brewer The Collagist Jun 2017 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Chemistry"

After moving back home, a woman reconnects with a childhood crush.

Melissa Goode Split Lip Magazine Jun 2017 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Shrimpmonger's House"

A cast of characters move in and out of a shrimpmonger's house; an excerpt from a 1951 novella by a writer dubbed 'The Turkish Chekov.'

Sait Faik Abasıyanık, translated by Brad Fox Guernica Magazine Jun 2017 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Beneath the Atlas"

A story of maps, travels, and (un)couplings.

Paul McQuade Little Fiction Jun 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Restoration Ecology"

Science work, youth, and middle aged troubles.

Laura Gibson Sundog Lit May 2017 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Size of Things"

An eccentric man becomes a strange fixture in a toy store.

Samanta Schweblin New Yorker May 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Hamlet, Claudia, Zanzibar"

A young mother and child, secluded in an apartment, face dangerous outside forces.

Ilana Masad Vol. 1 Brooklyn May 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Sex Trade"

An examination of race, sex, and visible secrets.

Christine Ma-Kellams Atticus Review May 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Waitress"

The personal and professional troubles of a Detroit waitress.

Kai Harris Rabble Lit May 2017 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Book of Joan [Excerpt]"

Transformed bodies on a transformed earth.

Lidia Yuknavitch Buzzfeed Apr 2017 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Say, She Toy"

A black android faces horrible human racism, sexual assault and realities; NSFW.

Chesya Burke Apex Magazine Apr 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Wade Boggs"

A father and son bond over baseball and deceptions.

Jeremy Rice Hobart Apr 2017 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "What to Do About the Solomons"

In an excerpt from the author's debut novel, LAPD officers search an affluent couple's home.

Bethany Ball Lit Hub Apr 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Signal"

A mystery unfolds in an English mansion.

John Lanchester New Yorker Apr 2017 25min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Siege"

The violent history of a city.

Michael Beeman Juked Magazine Mar 2017 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Exist West [Excerpt]"

An excerpt from Hamid's latest novel: a man and a woman caught in between escape and uncertainty.

Mohsin Hamid Granta Magazine Mar 2017 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Clippers"

A near future with racial voting restrictions and questionnaires.

Kashana Cauley Slate Feb 2017 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "She Lit a Fire"

A father tries to bond with his transgender child.

Robert James Russell Passages North Feb 2016 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Bob and Dave"

While on a flight, a student alternates between his seatmate's conversations and his own painful memories.

Kamil Ahsan The Rumpus Feb 2017 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Island"

A man tries to unveil a lover's potential mystery.

Ross McMeekin Green Mountains Review Jan 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Sell"

Shady security dealings in Iran.

Alireza Mortezai Guernica Magazine Jan 2017 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Stop procrastinating and start your own food business"

Capitalism, self-identity, and fraudulent projections.

Lucie Britsch Vol. 1 Brooklyn Jan 2017 10min Permalink

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