• Short Story

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    Meal, by Xaver Bayer

    By Xaver Bayer  February 24, 2016
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    How the Trash Gets Sorted, by Iris Hanika

    By Iris Hanika  February 24, 2016
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    Der Tag, als meine Frau einen Mann fand, by Sibylle Berg

    By Sibylle Berg  February 24, 2016
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    “Acts of Love”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 23, 2016
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    Single, Carefree, Mellow

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 18, 2016
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    The Wrong Bus, by Intizar Hussain

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 5, 2016
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    Beasts and Children

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 5, 2016
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    The Cowboy Bible

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 27, 2016
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    “Bang Bang on the Stair”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 25, 2016
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    “Dead Doormen”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 11, 2016
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    “Hall of Small Mammals”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 8, 2016
    Fiction and Poetry

    James Joyce’s “The Dead”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  December 30, 2015
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    “The First Snowfall” by Guy de Maupassant

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  December 29, 2015
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    “The Clancy Kid”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  December 23, 2015
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    “Nirvana”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  December 14, 2015
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    A Crash Course in Flash Fiction

    By Laura I. Miller  December 9, 2015
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    “Aftermath”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  December 9, 2015
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    “Gateway to the Ozarks”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  November 24, 2015
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    “Briar Switch”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  November 23, 2015
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    “Contract”

    By Bryan Hurt  November 18, 2015
    Essay

    Why We Read (And Write) Short Stories

    By Lorrie Moore  November 6, 2015
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    “EDickinsonRepliLuxe”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  October 29, 2015
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    “Colony”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  October 28, 2015
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    “International Type of Guy”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  October 19, 2015
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    “The Fledgling”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  September 24, 2015
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    A Possibly True Ghost Story from David Mitchell

    By David Mitchell  September 24, 2015
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    “Liquid Glass”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  September 21, 2015
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    “In the Park”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  September 2, 2015
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    Quick

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  August 26, 2015
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    Tiger Bites

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  August 19, 2015
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