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Narrative is a free online literary magazine. All issues of Narrative are available for free on this website, as are features such as Story of the Week and most of the other content we publish. We also offer a series of special stories and collections for friends and supporters who wish to donate to the magazine. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Narrative depends on your U.S. tax-deductible donations to ensure the vibrant growth of contemporary literature. We also sell a number of our issues and collections in hard-copy format through Amazon.com. If you have any questions about the store or your order, please contact us at info@narrativemagazine.com.
Special Narrative Collections (online)
Narrative BackstageNarrative Backstage
This is the place to read unpublished work by accomplished writers and to listen to them read their stories and discuss writing and publishing. There are also videos and pictures to view. To join us Backstage, please subscribe and get your annual membership today.
 
Hard-Copy Books & Single Issues
Narrative Magazine Spring Issue 2010Narrative Magazine Spring Issue 2010
With new fiction by Ann Beattie, Lynn Freed, and Antonya Nelson; interviews with Mary Gaitskill and Donald Hall; a profile of the novelist Shirley Hazzard; the debut of Narrative Taste with essays by Sylvie Bigar and Aleksandra Crapanzano; new poetry; cartoons, and much more. 256 pages. Ships in April. $16.95 + $3.00 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $19.95
A new RICK BASS novella, THE BLUE HORSEA new RICK BASS novella, THE BLUE HORSE
A Narrative exclusive from one of our greatest storytellers. Rick Bass offers a riveting new work set in the loveliness and mystery of Montana, where the unexpected, confronted on an unforgettable hunting trip, stirs and defines the heart. In Stock. $11.95, includes shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $11.95
Narrative Magazine Winter Issue 2010Narrative Magazine Winter Issue 2010
Featuring two love stories by Richard Bausch; new fiction by Amy Bloom; interviews with Junot Díaz and Lorrie Moore; poetry; cartoons, and more. 272 pages. Issue ships in January. $17.95 + $3.00 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $20.95
Narrative Magazine Fall Issue 2009Narrative Magazine Fall Issue 2009
Featuring book excerpts from Robert Olen Butler, Melanie Gideon, and Gail Godwin, plus a Godwin interview; stories by Adam Atlas, Richard Bausch, Janet Burroway, Tom Grimes, Ann Packer, and Evan James Roskos; essays by Joyce Carol Oates and David Bradley; poetry; cartoons, and more. 243 pages. $16.95 + $3.00 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $19.95
Narrative Magazine Spring Issue 2009Narrative Magazine Spring Issue 2009
Featuring masterpieces by Isaac Babel and James Salter; Best Advice by Marvin Bell; fiction by Richard Bausch, Lynn Freed, Skip Horack, Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, Maud Newton, Josip Novakovich, and Russell Working; poetry by Jon Davis, David Lee, and William O’Daly; an interview with TV and film director Garry Marshall; and more. 296 pages. $16.95 + $3.00 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $19.95
Narrative Magazine Winter  Issue 2009Narrative Magazine Winter Issue 2009
Featuring our Jayne Anne Phillips interview; Richard Bausch’s “Letters to a Young Writer”; fiction by Adam Atlas, Heather Brittain Bergstrom, T. C. Boyle, Janet Burroway, Skip Horack, Gina Ochsner, Emily Raboteau, and Holly Wilson; “Best Advice” from Amy Bloom; poetry by Natalie Diaz, Michael Dickman, Dan Gerber; and nonfiction by Lynn Ahrens. 298 pages. $16.95 + $3.00 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $19.95
Narrative Magazine Fall Issue 2008Narrative Magazine Fall Issue 2008
Featuring W. H. Auden’s essay “Writing”; stories by Alexi Zentner, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, Lee Smith, Jill McCorkle, and Janet Burroway; poetry by Michelle Bitting, Carol Moldaw, Dennis O’Driscoll, and Ghassan Zaqtan; and nonfiction by Bill Barich, Hal Crowther, and Maud Newton. 178 pages. $15.95 + $3.00 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $18.95
Narrative Magazine Spring Issue 2008Narrative Magazine Spring Issue 2008
Classic fiction, “The Blue Hotel,” by Stephen Crane, as well as new fiction by Richard Bausch, Lisa Cupolo, Reese Kwon, and Mattox Roesch; poetry by Alberto Álvaro Ríos, Jennifer Tonge, and others; nonfiction by Donald Hall, Rick Bass, and Lynn Ahrens. 232 pages. $15.95 + $3.00 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $18.95
Narrative Magazine Winter Issue 2008Narrative Magazine Winter Issue 2008
W. H. Auden’s essay “Reading,” plus a profile of Reynolds Price; stories by Robert Olen Butler and Scott Spencer; poetry by Marvin Bell, S. G. Frazier, Shirley Kaufman, and Joseph Stroud; nonfiction by Paula Delgado-Kling; and an interview with Richard Rodriquez. 175 pages. $15.95 + $3.00 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $18.95
Narrative Magazine Fall Issue 2007Narrative Magazine Fall Issue 2007
Read Donald Hall’s classic essay “Poetry and Ambition,” as well as poetry by Jim Harrison, Ted Kooser, Dan Gerber, and others. Nonfiction by Bill Barich and Gail Godwin; fiction by Twister Marquiss, Laura Jamison, Ann Pancake, and Terese Svoboda. 198 pages. $15.95 + $3.00 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $18.95
18 Lies and 3 Truths18 Lies and 3 Truths
The hard copy of this popular anthology is unique in the range and depth of the literary excellence it offers. The distinguished roster of authors includes Rick Bass, T. C. Boyle, Robert Olen Butler, Alice Hoffman, Jhumpa Lahiri, Lorrie Moore, Joyce Carol Oates, and talented newcomers. The collection is assigned in many creative writing classes. 227 pages. $15.95 + $3.00 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $18.95
American Short Story MasterpiecesAmerican Short Story Masterpieces
Edited by Raymond Carver and Tom Jenks, this quintessential best-selling collection is widely used in college and university writing and literature courses and includes masterpieces by James Baldwin, Ann Beattie, Richard Ford, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bernard Malamud, Grace Paley, and many others. The introduction expresses Carver and Jenks's durable and inspiring aesthetics for the short story. 512 pages. $7.99 + $3.00 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $10.99
Narrative Gear
Narrative HatNarrative Hat
Who knows what great story ideas might bloom beneath Narrative’s new ImagiNe hat? Try one on and see. 100 percent brushed cotton, one size fits most adults and is manufactured to loosen with wear to fit a wide variety of head sizes. $24.99, includes shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $24.99
Narrative Men’s TeeNarrative Men’s Tee
Every now and then, a man finds a shirt that becomes his hands-down favorite. We ImagiNe our easy, comfortable Narrative Tee qualifies for the honor. 100 percent cotton, black only, M, L, XL (shrinks one size when washed). $24.00, includes shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates. Allow approximately two weeks for delivery of this item.
Price: $24.00
Narrative Women’s TeeNarrative Women’s Tee
Perfect V-neck, fashionable in black, with a fine fit that’s not boxy—ImagiNe that. 100 percent cotton, M, L, XL (shrinks one size when washed). $24.00, includes shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates. Allow approximately two weeks for delivery of this item.
Price: $24.00
Narrative MugNarrative Mug
Best kept right on your desk. This hefty cup holds a fistful of pens and number two pencils so they’re ready when you need them. Then again, for writers who work at odd hours, our Narrative Mug is guaranteed to hold enough caffeine or other comforts or stimulants to get you all the way through the night. $24.95 + $8.05 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.

Price: $33.00
Narrative PenNarrative Pen
A writer’s oldest friend, and this one’s handsomely made with a Narrative logo. Writes smoothly. The setting, characters, and plot are up to you. $2.99 + $.75 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $3.74
Narrative ToteNarrative Tote
Made of sturdy canvas, this tote is elegant and perfectly sized for carrying a laptop, a manuscript, a screenplay, a first novel, a short story collection—you get the picture. $24.95 + $5.00 shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $29.95
CDs & DVDs
Narrative DVD CollectionNarrative DVD Collection
The complete collection of Narrative Nights in seven DVDs that will take you from nights in San Francisco with readings by Tobias Wolff, Robert Stone, Jennifer Egan, and Amy Tan, to Seattle, Denver, Santa Fe, and New York for readings by James Salter, Rick Bass, Charles D’Ambrosio, Ann Beattie, Robert Olen Butler, Min Jin Lee, Carol Edgarian, Dan Gerber, Arthur Sze, Matthew and Michael Dickman, and others. The set of seven DVDs: $60.00, includes shipping (in the U.S.). Please contact us for international shipping rates.
Price: $60.00
San Francisco 2009 Event - DVDSan Francisco 2009 Event - DVD
San Francisco, 2009
   Readings by Kara Levy, Alison Yin, Jennifer Egan, Tobias Wolff and Robert Stone. (Price includes shipping in the U.S. Please contact us for international shipping rates.)
Price: $11.99
San Francisco 2008 Event - DVD
San Francisco, 2008
   Readings by Amy Tan and Tobias Wolff. (Price includes shipping in the U.S. Please contact us for international shipping rates.)
Price: $11.99
Seattle 2008 Event - DVD
Seattle, 2008
   Readings by Michael Dickman, Alma García, and Matthew Dickman. (Price includes shipping in the U.S. Please contact us for international shipping rates.)
Price: $11.99
Denver 2007 Event - DVD
Denver, 2007
   Readings by Carol Edgarian, James and Kay Salter, and Rick Bass. (Price includes shipping in the U.S. Please contact us for international shipping rates.)
Price: $11.99
Santa Fe Event - DVD
Narrative Night, Santa Fe, 2007
   Featuring Ann Beattie, Robert Olen Butler, and poets Dan Gerber and Arthur Sze. (Price includes shipping in the U.S. Please contact us for international shipping rates.)
Price: $11.99
Santa Fe Event - CD
Narrative Night, Santa Fe, 2007
   Featuring Ann Beattie, Robert Olen Butler, and poets Dan Gerber and Arthur Sze. (Price includes shipping in the U.S. Please contact us for international shipping rates.)
Price: $9.99
Seattle 2006 Event - DVD
Seattle, 2006
   Readings by MacKenzie Bezos, Charles D’Ambrosio, and Rick Bass. (Price includes shipping in the U.S. Please contact us for international shipping rates.)
Price: $11.99
New York Event - DVD
Narrative Night, New York City, 2005
   Readings by Min Jin Lee, Pia Z. Ehrhardt, and James Salter. (Price includes shipping in the U.S. Please contact us for international shipping rates.)
Price: $11.99
New York Event - CD
Narrative Night, New York City, 2005
   Readings by Min Jin Lee, Pia Z. Ehrhardt, and James Salter. (Price includes shipping in the U.S. Please contact us for international shipping rates.)
Price: $9.99