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"How to Lose"

Victoria Patterson

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 19, 2018

25 Alice Munro Stories You Can Read Online Right Now

25 Alice Munro Stories You Can Read Online Right Now

For Use as a Master Class in Short Story Writing

By Emily Temple | July 9, 2018

"The Office of Missing Persons"

Akil Kumarasamy

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 5, 2018

"The Archivists"

Daphne Kalotay

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 3, 2018

"Across the Street"

Lee Martin

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 20, 2018

"Sweet on the Tongue"

Read a New Story from Roxane Gay's Collection, Ayiti

By Roxane Gay | June 20, 2018

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"Gatlinburg"

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 14, 2018

"Much Heat, Little Light"

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 12, 2018

"Free Will for Free"

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 7, 2018

"Your Mother Was a Fish"

A.M. Homes

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 6, 2018

"Alfalfa"

Terese Svoboda

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 4, 2018

"The Dancing Bear"

Maxim Loskutoff

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 30, 2018

Read 20 Famous Authors' Very First Published Short Stories

Read 20 Famous Authors' Very First Published Short Stories

From Jesmyn Ward to Mary Gaitskill to William Faulkner

By Emily Temple | May 29, 2018

Why Were They Throwing Bricks?

Why Were They Throwing Bricks?

An O. Henry Prizewinning Short Story by Jenny Zhang

By Jenny Zhang | May 16, 2018

Stop ’n’ Go

Stop ’n’ Go

An O. Henry Prizewinning Short Story by Michael Parker

By Michael Parker | May 16, 2018

How We Eat

How We Eat

An O. Henry Prizewinning Short Story by Mark Jude Poirier

By Mark Jude Poirier | May 16, 2018

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