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    “How to Lose”

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    “The Archivists”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  July 3, 2018
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    “Across the Street”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  June 20, 2018
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    “Gatlinburg”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  June 14, 2018
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    “Free Will for Free”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  June 7, 2018
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    “Your Mother Was a Fish”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  June 6, 2018
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    “Alfalfa”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  June 4, 2018
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    “The Dancing Bear”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 30, 2018
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    “Lover”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 14, 2018
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    Rubik

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 10, 2018
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    “Frank at the End of the World”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 9, 2018
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    “The Coffin House”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 7, 2018
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    “White People”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 1, 2018
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    “A Bet is Placed”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 30, 2018
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    “Motivated Individuals”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 26, 2018
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    Dictionary Stories

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 24, 2018
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    “The Village Idiot”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 24, 2018
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    “Out There”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 18, 2018
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    “Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 9, 2018
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    “The Epidemic”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 3, 2018
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    “Captain Renzi”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 30, 2018
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    “The Dot Sisters”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 23, 2018
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    “Passing Through”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 20, 2018
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    “The Nightingale That Speaks”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 19, 2018
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    “Birds of Paradise”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 15, 2018
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    “Umbrella”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 12, 2018
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    “Anything You Might Want”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 1, 2018
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    “O’Hare”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 28, 2018
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