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Fiction

Fiction
The Women
by Tom Barbash
She asked, “What’s the weirdest thing you can do with your body?”
Fiction
The Woods
by Tom Grimes
How do our lives disappear even while we’re in the midst of them?
Fiction
The Word
by Nicky Beer
She began to see the word, or traces of it, wherever she went.
Fiction
The Wreck of the Deustchland
by Ron Hansen
Sister Barbara folded her arms like a forbearing husband.
Classics
The Writer in the Family
by E. L. Doctorow
Who was responsible for my father not living up to expectations?
Story of the Week
The Young Widow
by Gaius Petronius
What’s the harm? Will you fight even the healing powers of love?
Fiction
They Were Like Jewelry
by T. C. Boyle
She’d seen snakes before, but she’d never really looked at one, until now.
Fall Contest Winners
Things That Don’t Keep a Lightning Bug Alive
by Brenden Willey
Where my mom was wasn’t never far from the Myrtle Beach Days Inn.
Story of the Week
Thinking It Through
by Kay Eldredge
His mother wasn’t there to meet him at his stop. She never was.
Spring Contest Winners
Thirst
by Taymiya R. Zaman
Our ambition was a clawing, grasping thing. It got us out of bed.
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Story of the Week
Thirteen Months Unemployed
by Chris Bryson
They are glorious pumpkin-skinned messengers. I hate them.
Fiction
This Cat
by Karen E. Bender
The cat was looking at me with an intelligent expression. It knew.
Fiction
This Flesh, This Ghost
by Lynn Freed
And that girls came to his house all the time, cheap girls from the docks.
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Story of the Week
This Is How It Goes
by Krystall Fierens-Lee
Love speaks in silence, on behalf of lovers too tired for words.
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Story of the Week
This Is Not a Christmas Story
by David Abrams
There was a shout, then a shot fired. I pressed the shutter again and again.
Story of the Week
This Kind of Girl
by Cass McNally
She looks down the street for Scott’s truck. He’s late but so is she.
iStories
This Kind of Life Keeps Breaking
by Maureen Seaton
“We’re not like other species,” you say, a novelist at night.
Fiction
Thistles
by Austin Smith
Before he started spraying he would hand her the mask to put on.
Short Shorts
Thompson’s Boots
by HC Palmer
I’m recalling his socks, the inked initials, the splashes of blood.
Story of the Week
Three New Decrees
by Daniil Kharms
“Who is it?” Irina asked at the door. “Open up,” a voice commanded.
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Fiction
Three Short Pieces
by Padgett Powell
All right. We are perfect. Tomorrow we will make a million dollars.
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Story of the Week
Three Thursdays in the Bronx
by David Prete
“Oh, Jesus.” It’s the greatest shame since 1929’s stock market.
Story of the Week
Through the Wall
by Doug Ramspeck
Everyone they pass is consumed by some desperate interior story.
Story of the Week
Tinfoil Butterfly
by Rachel Eve Moulton
I found Lowell’s gun a long time ago. He’s not a genius at hiding things.
Fiction
To Reach Japan
by Alice Munro
Writing to you is like putting a note in a bottle, hoping it will reach Japan.
Spring Contest Winners
To Save a Butterfly
by Sandra Sidi
Yes, Eylon thought, he lied to Cath. Lied about his day, about the risks.
Story of the Week
To This God I Will Say
by Tryphena L. Yeboah
He has his hands on Nii’s throat, and this time I do not stop them.
Fiction
Toastmaster
by Lee Smith
The laughter rises like the roar of a train as the men leap to their feet.
iStories
Toby and Cooper
by Tracy McCallum
I figured he wouldn’t know for shit if the dog knew me or not, right?
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Fiction
Toggling the Switch
by Alicia Gifford
When she gets to Lenny’s he offers her a beer and a bong hit...