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    A Little Customer Service

    By Lori Ostlund  October 21, 2016
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    Bang-Whimper: A Story by Jeff VanderMeer

    By Jeff VanderMeer  October 20, 2016
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    Whimper: A Story by Joanna Scott

    By Joanna Scott  October 20, 2016
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    “Accepted”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  September 30, 2016
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    “The First Wife”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  September 13, 2016
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    A Son Seeks to Avenge His Father’s Death

    By Eliot Weinberger  September 9, 2016
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    “Green”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  August 23, 2016
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    “Chubby Minutes”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  August 11, 2016
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    “All About Alice”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  August 10, 2016
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    Seminar on the Extermination of Rats

    By Lygia Fagundes Telles  July 28, 2016
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    Four Stories of God by Joy Williams

    By Joy Williams  July 28, 2016
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    “Darla”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  July 27, 2016
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    “Fountain of Youth”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  July 12, 2016
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    “Refugees”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  June 9, 2016
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    “Egyptian Puppet”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  June 1, 2016
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    “Jewish History”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 31, 2016
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    The Duel: Pushkin’s Favorite Topic in Fiction and Cause of His Fatal Wound

    By Alexander Pushkin  May 25, 2016
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    “Blackout”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 20, 2016
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    Train to Harbin

    By Asako Serizawa  May 19, 2016
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    The Crabapple Tree

    By Robert Coover  May 19, 2016
    Awards

    Announcing the 2016 O. Henry Prize Stories

    By Literary Hub  May 19, 2016
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    The O. Henry Prizes: Read Six Of the Year’s Best Stories

    By Literary Hub  May 19, 2016
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    Slumming

    By Ottessa Moshfegh  May 19, 2016
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    They Were Awake

    By Rebecca Evanhoe  May 19, 2016
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    “Anniversary”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 17, 2016
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    You May See A Stranger

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 16, 2016
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    “The Abandoned Village”

    By Hassan Blasim  May 12, 2016
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    “A Few Moments After Midnight”

    By Hisham Bustani  May 12, 2016
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    “Statement of Absolute Hatred”

    By Rasha Abbas  May 12, 2016
    Feature

    New Arabic Fiction: 5 Contemporary Short Stories

    By Literary Hub  May 12, 2016
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