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Our Assassin

Alex Coates -

Dear Mom, It’s been a while since I wrote, I know, but there hasn’t been much to tell. We had a late bit of...

The House Where the Grifters Squat

Tamar Halpern -

I am sixteen and running away to the house where the grifters are squatting. A single story rectangle with a claustrophobic porch, the place...

The Man With the Divided Back

Jennifer McCartney -

excerpted from the forthcoming novel The Man With the Divided Back There are only three cities in North America which can claim to be the...

Alice and Alex

Toby Litt -

She remembers them, Alice and Alex, not as they were, nor as they would have liked to be, nor even as they would have...

The Mariposa

Maggie Shipstead -

Luis shared an apartment with his brother Hector and three other men, all of whom happened to be named Juan. Everywhere he turned there...

The Nude

Michael LaPointe -

If I'm not paying attention, I'll sometimes cross paths with an old friend. After wishing me a Happy New Year, they always ask,...

Claudia

Veronica Gonzalez -

It was 1960 and we hitchhiked through the middle of the United States. We slept wherever we could, on floors mostly, in the backs...

Golfer’s Bog

Joseph G. Peterson -

A natural bog is the designated water trap of the thirteenth hole at British Hills Country Club in Wheeling. It’s a deep, mysterious body...

Alcazar’s House

Andrew Binks -

An extract from a novel-in-progress As Alcazar sat stock-still on the gritty staircase, he thought of all the circumstances that had made him a minor...

Sourdough and Outer Lands

Meg Pokrass -

SOURDOUGH My sister Jane was full of secrets about the art of making world-famous sourdough bread. Pretty in an apron, too. She had seven...