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FictionThe Model Short Story
On "A Love Match" by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Edith Pearlman
“A Love Match” by Sylvia Townsend Warner is the story of brother-sister incest. No, I haven’t spoiled it—the fact of the incest and the...
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The Imperfect
Tracy O'Neill
I meant to buy a gift on discount, but the coupon expired before I wasn’t hungover anymore. My girl Jolene read somewhere that a man’s relationship...
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She’s Dying, He Said
Marge Piercy
I was what was then called a tomboy until halfway through my seventh year. I had always played with neighboring boys. I had little interest in...
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FictionThe Model Short Story
On "Sex Education" by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Don Chaon
I have long been interested in writers who have fallen into neglect. Dorothy Canfield Fisher is, unfortunately, among those whose work is seldom...
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Eyes
Vito Racanelli
Dougie sells loose joints. $10 a piece. No bags. This way he can hide most of his stash behind a brick in Furman’s Alley
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Red Rooster
Victoria Redel
Any idiot could have told him it wouldn’t work. Pretty much every idiot did. Starting with his own idiot ex-wife, Carine
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The Way It Began
Victoria Redel
They went, not in the day, but then in the dark with no shoes on their feet, the road pokey with broke-up shell.And the boy to the girl, Let’s be quick
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Three Fictions
Matthew Salesses
I went out with the boys to celebrate saving my worthless job. The boys were in a rare state, waving arms even with drinks, sloshing on each other with gusto
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FictionThe Model Short Story
On "The Death of a Government Clerk" by Anton Chekhov
Deb Olin Unferth
“Death of a Government Clerk” is one of Chekhov’s first published stories. I love it for its comic nonchalance, playful absurdity, brevity...
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Elephant
Elissa Schappell
Paige sat on the edge of the sandbox waiting for Charlotte to show up. She was surprised at how much she’d missed talking to her