Stories of the Week: 2022–2023

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  His voice was wrung with panic as he spit curses like spoiled milk.

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  Henry surprised himself with his inability to start looking for a job.

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  Say what you will, a human being has the right to their own body.

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  That late afternoon in the park, with its kiss, wasn’t an ending or a beginning; it was both. The piano had been a great bird rustling and swooping in the vast space.

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  When people want to fake their death, which is often, it’s extremely easy to procure a corpse.

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  It is February in Ukraine. Juliana tells the reporter she just wants to live in her country.

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  It seemed to her that they only ever touched each other in transient, sudden ways.

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Story of the Week

• CB AndersonHer Own Heart Within Her
• Kate BaldwinLove Language
• Amy Sayre BaptistaThe Widows of Whitechapel
• Bill BarichOrder, Discipline, and Decorum
• Anna BeshPurple Eyes
• Emma BrankinThe Red Dress
• Alan BrayThe Vaccination
• Alan BrayForgotten Melodies
• Katie ColemanThe Far Shore
• Stephanie CotsirilosInvasion, Day 3
• Jennifer duBoisThe Last Language
• J.C. DuffyThings I’ve Learned about Life from Watching Soap Operas
• Lauren Hebert DuncanNight Garden
• Ben FergussonNana
• Barry GiffordAnother Irishman
• Rosabelle GloverThe Nightcrawler
• Siqi LiuTractor
• Catherine MalcynskyGrapefruit
• Lael MohibCaring
• Nafari MorrisSuburbia
• Sarah OrmanQuitter
• Mia O’NeillSmoke Days
• Andrew PorterPatisserie
• Margaret RenklThe Comfort of Crows
• Ann Tashi SlaterLight and Shadow
• Isabelle StillmanWith or Without the Dog
• Jackie Thomas-KennedySledding
• William TrevorAnother Christmas
• Jeannie TsengThe Rickshaw Wallah
• Melanie VietsDovetail
• Jacob WrichGhost Apples