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The Best

Yvonne Yevan Yu -

“Who is the best English writer in the world, past and or present?” She'd never seen him before. There was no opening nicety, he'd just...

Chloe

Ambika Thompson -

It started the day I got my negative pap results back. Slowly. At first it was just one, a toddler. The toddler seeped in...

The Embarrassment

Benjamin Woodard -

At the end of class one September afternoon, the professor watches as the unfamiliar student slinks from the room amid the usual hurricane of...

The Return: an excerpt

Rachel Harrison -

The following is an excerpt from Rachel Harrison’s novel The Return, available now. It was around then that it really started to eat at me,...

In the Face of the Beloved

Sanchari Sur -

Ah, I drank. Insatiably I drank.But I was filled up also, with too much world, and, drinking, I myself ran over. – Rainer Maria Rilke’s...

Weinmeier

Michael V. Smith -

I met him on my first morning at a new job at Lichtman’s bookstore in Toronto. My boss, Lynn, warned me to have Mr....

Close Up

Ashani Lewis -

When I was 15, I lied to everybody except for my mother. “I’m going on a date,” I told her. “Have fun,” she said, without looking...

Swimmers in Winter

Faye Guenther -

Originally published on Joyland in 2011, Swimmers Winter is the title story of Faye Guenther’s debut collection, available now in digital and in print in...

The Companions: an excerpt

Katie M. Flynn -

The following is an excerpt from Katie M. Flynn’s novel The Companions, available now from Gallery/Scout Press. Rolly Del...

Days of Distraction: an excerpt

Alexandra Chang -

The following is an excerpt from Alexandra Chang’s debut novel ...