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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"

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"International Type of Guy"

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“The Fledgling”

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“Respawn”

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An Imperfect Conflagration

An Imperfect Conflagration

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