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“Mass”

“Mass”

Brandon Taylor

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 5, 2021

"Tortillas Burning”

Carribean Fragoza

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 26, 2021

“Life Is Awful”

“Life Is Awful”

Souvankham Thammavongsa

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 19, 2021

“First Kid, Second Kid”

“First Kid, Second Kid”

Jen Spyra

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 17, 2021

"The Poisoners"

Lucy Ives

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 12, 2021

“Pershing Square”

“Pershing Square”

Dorthe Nors, trans. Misha Hoekstra

By Lit Hub Excerpts | February 10, 2021

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'Do You Know Alex Oreille': New Fiction from Katie Kitamura

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