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Fiction

New fiction from today’s most exciting authors.

The gesture hunter

by David Means,

Unapproved minutes of the Carthage, Vermont, Zoning Board of Adjustment

by Tom Paine,

Lucky ducks

by Lorrie Moore,

Mack has moved so much in his life that every phone number he comes across seems to him to be one he’s had before. I swear this used to be…

The whore’s child

by Richard Russo,

The Depressed Person

by David Foster Wallace,

Lady Macbeth, prickly pear queen

by Jane Avrich,

The house gun

by Nadine Gordimer,

Elements most often found in novels, short stories, etc.

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov,Translated by Peter Constantine,

At the pharmacy

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov,Translated by Peter Constantine,

From the diary of an assistant bookkeeper

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov,Translated by Peter Constantine,

In autumn

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov,Translated by Peter Constantine,

Sarah Bernhardt comes to town

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov,Translated by Peter Constantine,

Intrigues

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov,Translated by Peter Constantine,

On the train

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Peter Constantine,

A hypnotic seance

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov,Translated by Peter Constantine,

How I came to be lawfully wed

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov,Translated by Peter Constantine,

Feather and bone

by Mark Slouka,

The lake

by Anthony Giardina,

Gare du Nord

by Suketu Mehta,

Railroad incident, August 1995

by David Means,

Tina in the backseat

by Donald Rawley,

Penance

by Matthew Crain,

Two boys

by Padgett Powell,

The knife thrower

by Steven Millhauser,

Pantalone

by Steven Polansky,

Bishop’s house

by Mary Gordon,

Je reviens

by Stuart Dybek,

Heads

by Frederick Busch,

The shape of water

by Mark Slouka,

Nothing by comparison

by Lisa Roney,

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