Fiction Archives

My Pain Is Worse Than Your Pain

by T. C. Boyle,

I like my wife fine and we had a pretty smooth run of it over the years but there was a sort of — oh, what do I want to say…

Mermaid Fever

by Steven Millhauser,

The mermaid washed up on our public beach in the early morning of June 19, at approximately 4:30 a.m., according to the most reliable estimates. At 5:06 a.m. the body…

Prosperous friends

by Christine Schutt,

The Dreaming Jaw, The Salivating Ear

by Jonathan Lethem,

I do not think I shall visit my blog anymore. It is not so much the smell that discourages me—gulls have skeletonized the corpse in the entranceway, and the lapping tide…

Adriana

by J. M. Coetzee,

Too much happiness

by Alice Munro,

Wait till you see me dance

by Deb Olin Unferth,

I know when people will die. I meet them, I can look into their faces and see if they have long to last. It’s like having a knack for math…

Little Drops of Water

by Kurt Vonnegut,

My views on the darkness are well known

by Ben Marcus,

Green world

by Sherman Alexie,

Interim report on recessional aesthetics

by Simon Critchley, Tom McCarthy,

The great reboot

by Colson Whitehead,

Lack, part two

by Jamaica Kincaid,

Reframing your world

by Thomas De Zengotita,

Change without movement

by Kevin Baker,

The meteorites

by M.L. (Martin L.) McLaughlin,

As long as the sun lasts

by M.L. (Martin L.) McLaughlin,

The blade

by David Means,

Glee

by Diane Williams,

Stand

by Diane Williams,

One of the great drawbacks

by Diane Williams,

Protection, prevention, gazing, gratified desire

by Diane Williams,

As the world turned out

by Diane Williams,

If you ever get three or four laughing you weren’t soon to forget it

by Diane Williams,

Woman in rose dress

by Diane Williams,

The world of cheese

by Joseph O’Neill,

The Santosbrazzi Killer

by Heidi Julavits,

My trip of January 17—one of my monthly visitations to a Cincinnati-based subsidiary research outfit, during which I spend two days observing the general activities of the subsidiary outfit, filling…

White-Bread Jesus

by Robert Coover,

When that bully Cavanaugh rises in the middle of the opening prayer like a self-righteous Sadducee, shouldered round by all his fawning scribes and elders, to silence Reverend Wesley Edwards…

The Botch

by David Means,

The idea is to tap into the old traditions, guns waving, eyes behind balaclavas—just one more bank heist breaking the tedium of an Ohio afternoon, leaving nothing but bewilderment, the…

Passing on

by John Edgar Wideman,

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My Pain Is Worse Than Your Pain

Mermaid Fever

Prosperous friends

The Dreaming Jaw, The Salivating Ear

Adriana

Too much happiness

Wait till you see me dance

Little Drops of Water

My views on the darkness are well known

Green world

Interim report on recessional aesthetics

The great reboot

Lack, part two

Reframing your world

Change without movement

The meteorites

As long as the sun lasts

The blade

Glee

Stand

One of the great drawbacks

Protection, prevention, gazing, gratified desire

As the world turned out

If you ever get three or four laughing you weren’t soon to forget it

Woman in rose dress

The world of cheese

The Santosbrazzi Killer

White-Bread Jesus

The Botch

Passing on

January 2010

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