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The Two Davises and the Rug

by Lydia Davis,

They were both named Davis, but they were not married to each other and they were not related by blood. They were neighbors, however. They were both indecisive people, or…

The Way Things Are Going

by Lynn Freed,

Gwen was the one who had insisted that Ma and I move to America. Sooner or later, she’d said, it would happen again, it was only a matter of time.…

May I Touch Your Hair?

by Julie Hecht,

A special family lived around the corner from us at our beach house. How were they special? There were three children when most other families had two children. As a…

Deeper Winter

by Alexander Maksik,

On Monday Luis took Eduardo to watch the Dodgers lose twice to the Padres, and afterward, when they were both a little drunk and wandering around the massive stadium parking…

The Hidden Person

by Salvatore Scibona,

All her things fit into a canvas bag, and she took it with her everywhere. It weighed about as much as a hen. She kept a pot in it because…

Christmas Party

by Russell Banks,

Harold Bilodeau’s ex-wife, Sheila, remarried, and Harold did not, and though he told people there was a woman down in Saratoga Springs he was seeing on the occasional weekend, he…

This Feels So Real

by Heidi Julavits,

When Ashley told me to go home, I went. Well, not immediately. First I walked to a garden and sat on a bench, or I think it was a garden,…

Batman and Robin Have an Altercation

by Stephen King,

Sanderson sees his father twice a week. On Wednesday evenings, after he closes the jewelry store his parents opened long ago, he drives the three miles to Crackerjack Manor and…

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…