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Fiction

Fiction
The Beginnings of a Storm
by Michael Croley
It’s a mistake to be here, he thinks, but he doesn’t turn around.
Story of the Week
The Big Trip Up Yonder
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Gramps’ will was a fifty-year diary, all jammed onto two sheets.
Fiction
The Black Cat
by Edgar Allan Poe
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The Black Hole
by Patience Wallace
When I meet his gaze, he’s frowning, a hint of anger flashing in his eyes. When saw the fury in his eyes, I thought he was going to kill him.
Story of the Week
The Blanket
by Anna Besh
There was a blue wool afghan draped across the back of the couch.
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The Blessing
by Montana Ray
We were hurtling close to a hundred miles an hour through the dark.
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Classics
The Blue Hotel
by Stephen Crane
“I suppose there have been a good many men killed in this room.”
Fiction
The Brother
by Eugene Cross
He held a screwdriver to the fleshy underside of Peggy’s neck.
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Fiction
The Bulls at San Luis
by Don Waters
Stopping it, Cye knows, is like stopping a tsunami with a tennis racket.
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The Call
by Christopher Cooper
All we knew from my father was that my sister had to be cut from her car.
Classics
The Captain’s Roses
by Willa Cather
In that instant, Niel lost one of the most beautiful things in his life.
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Fiction
The Car That Loved Water
by Kent Meyers
He was staring at his car like you might a stare at a dog.
Fiction
The Catch
by Tina Nettesheim
“I might surprise you,” Mr. Maxi said. Polly hoped he’d go all out.
Fiction
The Caterer
by Ann Beattie
This is not America! It is not the America I grew up in, it’s
a joke.
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Story of the Week
The Chief Inspector’s Daughter
by Hasanthika Sirisena
I am drawn to these victims because I was there the night they were killed.
Fiction
The Child-Who-Was-Tired
by Katherine Mansfield
Story of the Week
The Church of Abundant Life
by Yoon Choi
“Ki-Tae the famous pastor,” Jae says to her. “Can you believe life.”
Story of the Week
The Cigarette Garden
by Jacob Hawkes
Of late a graduate student named Cassius has joined our ranks.
Fiction
The Clean-Out
by Yasmin Adele Majeed
I felt that this maternal oblivion could be the rest of my life.
Fiction
The Climax Forest
by Mary Morris
There in the trees, swinging from branch to branch, they saw Pete.
Story of the Week
The Clock of Paradise
by Patrick M. Butler
The cottage stood as a metaphor for what she wanted out of life.
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The Coming of Gowf
by P. G. Wodehouse
The King’s affair was supposed to be a secret. But you know how it is.
Story of the Week
The Complaint
by Michael Wolff
Our remarks must be tempered by a sense of cooperation.
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Fiction
The Complicated Coast
by Nicola Keegan
Don’t tell him you’re a virgin, says Peggy. You’ll freak him out.
Story of the Week
The Crazing of the Lagniappe
by Abby Frucht
A gift tells you who you are and what you’re not in the eyes of others.
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The Crime of the Brigadier
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
He was nervous and ill at ease, but my bearing seemed to reassure him.
Fiction
The Crossing Guard
by Sara Houghteling
He’s clear about his wishes: to die in this house, in his own bed.
Fiction
The Cryptozoologist
by Skip Horack
If there was any magic in his sad life, it happened on that day.
Story of the Week
The Cuban Club
by Barry Gifford
They danced only with one another and did not speak to white boys.
Fiction
The Cutter
by Lee Smith
He’s got a nice, deep kind of voice. He doesn’t sound redneck at all.