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"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

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