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What We Do for the Dead“These things we do for the dead — all this witnessing of objects and memory, all the listening we do for clues as to who our loved ones really were — we would have done for them when they were living, if allowed.” A piece of flash fiction about a woman in an attic, among the belongings of her dead mother.
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The Short Story, Voice, and History: A Conversation with Richard Smyth
In this conversation, writer Richard Smyth and The Fiction Desk editor Rob Redman talk about short fiction as performance, voice and authenticity, and the intersection of storytelling and history.
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Crying Just Like Anybody“But here the Martian was crying just like anybody. He turned away from the wall; he turned to face me.” A short story from UK-based novelist and journalist Richard Smyth.
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Women in Salt“What would’ve happened if the girl who was a story who was a myth who was a fiction who was a woman who emerged from the salt, pristine and broken because all of you had become a terrible, trembling blue ruin?” A piece of fiction from a story collection by Felicia Sullivan at love.life.eat.
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27 Nights“I read your journal, she finally said. I read the part where you questioned whether you had chosen the right twin? Where you wondered if we made love in the same way?” In this tale of dating and relationships, David at What Happens to Us writes about a man torn between two twin sisters, Kara and Kendra.
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Tipsy LitTipsy Lit is Ericka Clay’s creative portfolio for book news, short stories, writing inspiration, and publishing tips.
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Literature and LibationOliver Gray at Literature and Libation is a technical writer by day and beer drinker by night. He likes to brew, drink, and write about beer — preferably in that order.
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And On the Memory of Your Tastebuds, They Are All UmamiFrom lime to vanilla, Allie Marini Batts’ short story about an aspiring chef going through an abrupt breakup covers a full spectrum of flavors — and emotions.
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Animal: A Beast of a Literary MagazineAt Animal — “a beast of a literary magazine” — contributors explore the ephemeral boundary between human and animal, domestic and wild. The magazine publishes one story, one poem, and one essay each month.
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The Stockholm Review of LiteratureThe Stockholm Review of Literature seeks to publish superlative literary fiction, poetry, essays, and art — especially short literary fiction, poetry suitable for lunchtime reading, and uncanny essays, interviews, and book reviews.
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Waltbox“I’m not interested in recounting my own adventures. Maybe because I’ve already lived them. Or wish I hadn’t.” At Waltbox, writer Walt Walker publishes musings, flash fiction, and other stories.
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No Sleep TonightFlash fiction from Hannah Sears at Vers Les Etoiles: “I knew what real pain felt like — watching Mama waste away until there was nothing left but beeping machines and bills nobody paid. But this was different, somehow. I didn’t think anyone could hurt me again after losing Mama. Maybe one day I’d learn how often I’m dead wrong.”
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Flightless“I don’t know what it’s like elsewhere in the world, but here, in my village, suffering seems to find its way into all of us.” A piece of fiction from the All Walks of Life short story collection by Matthew Small.
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The HauntingBut it wasn’t long after I got home and it dawned on me that I’d made a terrible mistake. The freezing night was still trapped in the fabric somewhere. I could smell it. It smelt of the hospital. It smelt of the past and the future all at the same time.
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Facebook Friends“It was depressing, this real world. Living in it was not unlike being surrounded by Facebook friends. No honor. All for one but not one for all.” A piece of fiction on friendship and music from Monte Dutton.
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