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"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

"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

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"Your Mother Was a Fish"

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"Alfalfa"

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"The Dancing Bear"

By Lit Hub Excerpts | May 30, 2018

Read 20 Famous Authors' Very First Published Short Stories

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From Jesmyn Ward to Mary Gaitskill to William Faulkner

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Why Were They Throwing Bricks?

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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

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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

Announcing the 2018 O. Henry Prize Stories

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

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