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Stories

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Fiction
November
by Emily Rapp
Miriam slept at the ranch often, although little sleep happened there.
Fiction
Nowhere Man
by Tom Barbash
There’s no way to escape a storm at sea; it hits you, and you can’t hit back.
Story of the Week
Nuisance Value
by Philippa Rees
He knew deep down that only her ridiculous optimism kept them going.
Fall Contest Winners
Number Eight Daughter
by Jeannie Tseng
“My brother’s last words to me were about you. Did you know that?”
Fiction
Obsession
by Josip Novakovich
Ever since she believed he was cheating, she felt erotically obsessed.
Story of the Week
On the Way to the Dacha
by Josip Novakovich
Enjoy the prison. It’s very impressive, worth spending some time!
Fiction
Occupied
by Susan Minot
Riding back from her studio, Ivy thought, I’ll just stop for a minute.
Fiction
Oceanside
by Daniel Woodrell
You could take your pick from an array of rebellions to consider.
Fiction
Off to Zamboanga
by Robert Stone
“Why on earth are you taking luxury cruise passengers to Zamboanga?”
Fiction
oh
by Lance Olsen
Doctor Dressler left her a note: Suicide. Back by 7:00. Love, Max.
Fiction
Oklahoma
by Scott Karambis
It’s way past 10 p.m. and we have no idea where our child is.
Fiction
Old Friends
by Tom Lakin
Dance with you? I said after a moment. That’s your dare?
Classics
Old Mortality
by Katherine Anne Porter
Was he taking them to the races? If so, they were happy to see him.
Story of the Week
Old Will Road
by Renée Thompson
For days after she left him, he roamed the house, unable to function.
Story of the Week
On Fire
by Wilhemina Austin
It was the stove I ran to check when the smoke alarm went off.
First-Person Winners
On Principle
by Gina Ochsner
Mother had always told me that everybody loves a self-absorbed ass.
Story of the Week
One at a Time
by Polly Dugan
Her top lip lingered behind, pressed between his. They were soaked.
Story of the Week
Only a Lover
by Kay Exley Gunkel
Order and gardens. Penelope liked things to grow just as they would.
Story of the Week
Oppressive Nights
by Sean Wilson
Not long after Christmas, the smoke really hit Melbourne.
Story of the Week
Orientation
by Don Lee
Joshua was well versed in things to which I was not yet privy, like sex.
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Fiction
Osby
by Josh Weil
He’s gonna change the way we farm around here. Make it more like India.
Fiction
OTP
by Ann Beattie
Is there some one way a guy should be on his wedding day, dickwad?
Story of the Week
Our Fairy Stories
by Madelena Grossmann
Loss. That word echoed in my ears as my eyes ranged around the garden.
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Story of the Week
Our Neighbors the Bells
by Liz Moore
Our neighbors the Bells are watching, watching us when we play outside.
Fiction
Out to Lunch
by Marian Thurm
“Out to lunch,” she learns from an older colleague, is a euphemism.
Story of the Week
Outside
by Caelainn Bradley
The architect is twice my age and owns an ivy-covered house.
Story of the Week
Outside Elko
by Porter Fox
The sedan clipped their front bumper and pitched Bill’s car into a slide.
Fiction
Overcast
by Richard Bausch
Eight years, and she was ready to call it quits. They were both ready.
Story of the Week
Pain Management
by Grace Bianchetti
I’m trying to decide if I’m too cold to be curious, when the box meows.
Fiction
Paper Boats
by Gina Wohlsdorf
Another girl like an origami crane, given to a reckless boy who unfolds it.