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Bartleby 2000

Jeffrey Freiert -

I caught a glimpse of him as he was leaving the office, though I’d been trying to avoid him. The building security man, in...

Some People Swallow the Universe Like a Pill

Danielle Egan -

This story was made with 100% recycled materials collected over a two-year period, from the words and phrases known as “word salad decoys” that...

They Call Me Judas

Christoph Mehrlein -

A man in white walked out of the sun. Bad quality print. Heavy grain and scratches peppered the image. A folk song was playing....

Jonathan Ghost

McKinley M. Hellenes -

The man who isn’t really a man wakes up in the hospital bed. The light is so bright that at first he cannot see. The...

The Maid

Amina Cain -

Clarisse, cleaning a room. Me, falling on the ice, taking some kind of mild drug, being separated by an invisible rope. I...

Disappearing Act

Emma Healey -

The first weird thing is that Caroline is slowly becoming invisible. No kidding. This is pretty new and she’s still kind of having trouble...

The Soother

Elyse Friedman -

Irma unfastened the plastic clip on her nursing bra and brought a hard brown nipple to Lucas’s mouth. He latched on and sucked greedily....

Summer of Hate

Chris Kraus -

excerpted from the forthcoming novel Summer of Hate PART ONE: 2005 1/CATT: HER KILLER There are some people who like feeling like they’ve arrived at the...

Kachunga Legs

George Bowering -

I couldn’t set pins with my arm in a cast, and I was surprised by how much I missed it, at least for the...

Margaritas with Roger

Holley Rubinsky -

The time after a party when she and Roger lay together on the rug in his living room, under the...