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Fiction

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Spring Contest Winners
Nothing of Consequence
by Jane Delury
The women wanted signs of regret, but she was straight shouldered.
Narrative High School Writing Contest
Nothing to Hide
by Cayla Bernstein
She unhooks the sapphire pendant from its stand. Slips it into her pocket.
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Fiction
November
by Emily Rapp
Miriam slept at the ranch often, although little sleep happened there.
Fiction
Nowhere Man
by Tom Barbash
There’s no way to escape a storm at sea; it hits you, and you can’t hit back.
Story of the Week
Nuisance Value
by Philippa Rees
He knew deep down that only her ridiculous optimism kept them going.
Fall Contest Winners
Number Eight Daughter
by Jeannie Tseng
“My brother’s last words to me were about you. Did you know that?”
iStories
Objects of Desire
by Adam O’Fallon Price
Xin Bao had gotten drunk and stolen a hyacinth macaw.
Fiction
Obsession
by Josip Novakovich
Ever since she believed he was cheating, she felt erotically obsessed.
Story of the Week
On the Way to the Dacha
by Josip Novakovich
Enjoy the prison. It’s very impressive, worth spending some time!
Story of the Week
Occidental Hotel
by Peter Orner
She’d ransacked his heart the moment she unlocked the door.
Fiction
Occupied
by Susan Minot
Riding back from her studio, Ivy thought, I’ll just stop for a minute.
Fiction
Oceanside
by Daniel Woodrell
You could take your pick from an array of rebellions to consider.
Fiction
Off to Zamboanga
by Robert Stone
“Why on earth are you taking luxury cruise passengers to Zamboanga?”
Fiction
oh
by Lance Olsen
Doctor Dressler left her a note: Suicide. Back by 7:00. Love, Max.
Fiction
Okeechobee
by Claudia Zuluaga
She wants something red and shiny that always works.
Fiction
Oklahoma
by Scott Karambis
It’s way past 10 p.m. and we have no idea where our child is.
Fiction
Old Friends
by Tom Lakin
Dance with you? I said after a moment. That’s your dare?
Fiction
Old Lovegood Girls
by Gail Godwin
She had come to the scene where she needed to get them in bed.
Classics
Old Mortality
by Katherine Anne Porter
Was he taking them to the races? If so, they were happy to see him.
Photography & Art
Old Stories and Other Paintings
by Lincoln Perry
Eros, myth, life, and literature in brilliant paintings by Lincoln Perry.
Story of the Week
Old Will Road
by Renée Thompson
For days after she left him, he roamed the house, unable to function.
Story of the Week
On Fire
by Wilhemina Austin
It was the stove I ran to check when the smoke alarm went off.
First-Person Winners
On Principle
by Gina Ochsner
Mother had always told me that everybody loves a self-absorbed ass.
Story of the Week
One at a Time
by Polly Dugan
Her top lip lingered behind, pressed between his. They were soaked.
iStories
One Day
by Reynold Junker
He was reading Our Town. She studied the departure board.
iStories
One Such as This
by Michael Croley
Later in the pale of dawn your hair brushed across my forearm.
Story of the Week
Only a Lover
by Kay Exley Gunkel
Order and gardens. Penelope liked things to grow just as they would.
Story of the Week
Oppressive Nights
by Sean Wilson
Not long after Christmas, the smoke really hit Melbourne.
iStories
Or Else
by Leo Goodyear
“Jesus Christ,” Dad said, after the counselor spelled it out for him.
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iStories
Ordinary Time
by Mike Miner
A lawyer, senator, judge; laws are what he lives for. His left eye squints involuntarily.