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This Is Only a Test

Michael Turner -

Though it was never his intention, drugs had made him a wealthy man. When he was younger, he wanted to...

The Warhol Gang: an excerpt

Peter Darbyshire -

Nickel takes everyone in the office on a corporate retreat for the day. We go to Gun World, an indoor shooting environment in the...

Chris Eaton: A Biography

Lori Hahnel -

She would always be alone. Like her parents. From childhood’s hour, she felt, she dreamt, that she had not been as others were, was...

They Call Me Judas

Christoph Mehrlein -

A man in white walked out of the sun. Bad quality print. Heavy grain and scratches peppered the image. A folk song was playing....

When You’re Gone

Rhonda Waterfall -

Patty boards the train in Calgary on her way back home to Vancouver and takes a seat near the window. Other passengers heft their...

The Other Internet

Pasha Malla -

On the Other Internet there’s no “www.” There’s no such thing as URL’s or menu bars or web searches or any of that. You...

Cheekbone

Larissa Diakiw -

I told you over lunch, where Kaiser buns seemed to sprout cucumber through a sheet of spinach, what I thought about Alec Melnyk, the...

Summer of Hate

Chris Kraus -

excerpted from the forthcoming novel Summer of Hate PART ONE: 2005 1/CATT: HER KILLER There are some people who like feeling like they’ve arrived at the...

The Mariposa

Maggie Shipstead -

Luis shared an apartment with his brother Hector and three other men, all of whom happened to be named Juan. Everywhere he turned there...

Ricky’s Shoulders: an excerpt

Blake Butler -

in the room there below Ricky, Ricky saw his mother’s newer size, Ricky’s mother’s body had quadrupled in the weird light off the wall,...