Safe
Ryan Gattis
“The 710’s good at night going south.”
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The Dark Net
Benjamin Percy
“She drives a beater Volvo station wagon that used to belong to her parents.”
Motherest
Kristen Iskandrian
“It’s a long train ride from the middle of a New England nowhere to the middle of a New Jersey nowhere.”
The Bones of Louella Brown
Ann Petry
“Old Peabody and Young Whiffle, partners in the firm of Whiffle and Peabody, Incorporated, read with mild interest the first article about Bedford Abbey which appeared in the Boston papers.”
Palomino
Bret Anthony Johnston
“The fat man and his wife came into Checkered Flag Auto just as I was locking up.”
The Trout
Peter Cunningham
“Trout tend to rise according to the stages being followed by hatching flies and aquatic organisms.”
Out in the Open
Jesús Carrasco (Trans. Margaret Jull Costa)
“From inside his hole in the ground, he heard the sound of voices calling his name, and as if they were crickets, he tried to pinpoint the precise location of each man within the bounds of the olive grove.”
Goodbye, Vitamin
Rachel Khong
“Tonight a man found Dad’s pants in a tree lit with Christmas lights.”
The Burning Ground
Adam O'Riordan
“Alannah would always come at two o’clock as she had on her first visit.”
Apprenticed to Venus: My Secret Life with Anaïs Nin
Tristine Rainer
“A dry crack of laughter came from the back of Anaïs’s throat.”
Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney
“Bobbi and I first met Melissa at a poetry night in town, where we were performing together.”
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