Stories
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People Are Streinz
Christos Ikonomou Issue No. 30Seven months without a single dream. Seven whole months. The twenty-first of May was the last time I had a dream. I remember because it was also the last time it rained around here…. Read More »
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The Locked Room
Ottessa Moshfegh Issue No. 30Takashi dressed in long black rags, ripped fishnet stockings, and big black boots with long loose laces that splatted at the floor when he walked. He smelled strongly of old sweat and cigarette smoke, and… Read More »
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The Sunstroke
Ludmilla Petrushevskaya Issue No. 30What is a vacation by the sea, if not a return to eternal youth? Every summer, land-locked Muscovites flock to the Black Sea to face rowdy crowds, suspect food, infernal partying and drinking, horrible beach… Read More »
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From “All the Houses”
Karen Olsson Issue No. 29Often when I tell people I grew up in Washington, D.C., they ask me if I grew up in the city proper or in the suburbs. “In the city,” I tell them, though I’ve felt… Read More »
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The Third Son
Andrei Platonov Issue No. 29In a regional town, an old woman died. Her husband, a retired factory worker of seventy, walked to the telegraph office and sent six identical telegrams to remote places: “Mother died come home father.” He… Read More »
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Monticello
Thomas Geoghegan Issue No. 29The scene: Just before midnight, July 3, 1826, at Monticello. Thomas Jefferson is gravely ill after a series of strokes. The next day is the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and Jefferson is… Read More »
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Bitter River
Mark Jacobs Issue No. 29Impeccable John Connerly stepped through the front door of his home in Rio Agrio. He looked at the sky for weather, then made his way down the cobbles toward the main street of the village…. Read More »
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Life after Death
Terry Bisson Issue No. 28Life after Death? Yes. Can I help you? Well, you know . . . I saw your ad in that travel magazine. AFAR? or Destinations? I don’t remember. It was at the doctor’s office. Does… Read More »