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"Briar Switch"

Elizabeth Tallent

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 23, 2015

"Contract"

Bryan Hurt

By Bryan Hurt | November 18, 2015

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

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“The Fledgling”

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A Possibly True Ghost Story from David Mitchell

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"Liquid Glass"

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Joy Williams

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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

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