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  • No More Chatter
    No More Chatter

    “We grew up without fear, and that taught us we deserved happiness. Now we couldn’t…

  • Strange Merchants
    Strange Merchants

    “When my father encountered his strange merchant in the leather goods shop, he felt free…

  • Red Clay
    Red Clay

    “When she slept, she began to dream whole conversations with Charlie. He spoke to her…

  • The Classics Illustrated Comics Project

    Five brand-new comics about adaptation, by Kevin Cannon, Pascal Girard, Melissa Mendes, Andrea Tsurumi, and…

  • Seal Wife

    A sea lion sheds her skin and takes a human husband, confronting in innocence the…

  • The Showrunner

    A hit show, a teenage star, the arc of fame, the walk of shame: A…

  • Famous Battles

    When his wife’s old flame returns to their Georgia hometown, a veteran finds himself waging…

  • The Cuddler

    Is perfect sex on the perfect piece of furniture really too much to ask? A…

  • Miss Emily’s Voyage

    An Edwardian drawing-room drama, with laser guns, robots, hardcore pornography, and Faith Hill. By Mac…

  • The Decisive Ones

    In post-Shock and Awe Baghdad, a team of reporters placed its operation in the hands…

  • Battle Creek

    “My obsession with Marisa Snow as a possible target began in Advanced English…” In Ann…

  • Direction Nowhere

    Forty years ago this month, Neil Young and Miles Davis shared a bill at a…

  • Homecoming
    Homecoming

    Running out of trouble in Bed-Stuy — and into it in Virginia. A new story…

  • Beneath the Trees

    New York, 1920: Sol grabs a girl good. 1937: Sol draws a cake. 1963: Sol…

  • Jobs for Philosophers

    A touching and complicated story of a college professor and the lovers, children, and friends…