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Why We Read (And Write) Short Stories

Why We Read (And Write) Short Stories

Lorrie Moore on the form "second to none in power and efficiency"

By Lorrie Moore | November 6, 2015

"EDickinsonRepliLuxe"

Joyce Carol Oates

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 29, 2015

"Colony"

Lincoln Michel

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 28, 2015

"International Type of Guy"

Joseph Skibell

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 19, 2015

“The Fledgling”

“The Fledgling”

Ann Beattie

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 24, 2015

A Possibly True Ghost Story from David Mitchell

A Possibly True Ghost Story from David Mitchell

Once Upon a Time in Japan, at the Foot of the Bed…

By David Mitchell | September 24, 2015

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"Liquid Glass"

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 21, 2015

“In the Park”

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 2, 2015

Quick

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 26, 2015

Tiger Bites

Tiger Bites

Lucia Berlin

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 19, 2015

Beauty and the Beast or The Enormous Wound

Beauty and the Beast or The Enormous Wound

Clarice Lispector

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 18, 2015

“Respawn”

“Respawn”

Hiroshi Sakurazaka

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 17, 2015

The Ice Palace

The Ice Palace

F. Scott Fitzgerald

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 13, 2015

An Imperfect Conflagration

An Imperfect Conflagration

Ambrose Bierce

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 12, 2015

In Praise of the Unlinked Story Collection

In Praise of the Unlinked Story Collection

Two New Collections Create Vast Moral Worlds

By Jonathan Russell Clark | July 23, 2015

Mum On The Rocks

Mum On The Rocks

Paul Griner

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 23, 2015

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