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"Sweet on the Tongue"

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

By Roxane Gay | June 20, 2018

"Gatlinburg"

Nick White

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 14, 2018

"Much Heat, Little Light"

Machado de Assis, Trans. by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson

By Lit Hub Excerpts | June 12, 2018

"Free Will for Free"

Giordano Meacci, Trans. by J. Bishop

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

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"The Dancing Bear"

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 30, 2018

Read 20 Famous Authors' Very First Published Short Stories

By Emily Temple | May 29, 2018

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An O. Henry Prizewinning Short Story by Michael Parker

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An O. Henry Prizewinning Short Story by Mark Jude Poirier

By Mark Jude Poirier | May 16, 2018

Announcing the 2018 O. Henry Prize Stories

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Read Four of the Winning Stories

By Literary Hub | May 16, 2018

Nayla

Nayla

An O. Henry Prizewinning Short Story by Youmna Chlala

By Youmna Chlala | May 16, 2018

Taking Mr Ravenswood

Taking Mr Ravenswood

A Short Story from William Trevor's Last Stories

By William Trevor | May 15, 2018

7 Writers Share Their Favorite William Trevor Story

7 Writers Share Their Favorite William Trevor Story

Jhumpa Lahiri, Yiyun Li, Norman Rush and More on the Master of Short Fiction

By Literary Hub | May 15, 2018

"Lover"

Melanie Rae Thon

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 14, 2018

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