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Editor's Pick, Fiction, StorySunday
THE PLANETS
A man reevaluates his relationships.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, StorySunday
WHO I AM NOW
A woman steps out beyond the ledge and can’t get back.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, short story, StorySunday
THIS IS WHY WE STOPPED NAMING THE HORSES
They know what is coming. And by now, so do we.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, short story, StorySunday
A SUNNY PLACE
Is apathy a trait that can be managed?
WHAT WE USED TO SAY
You were your own person.
the sky the ground
A family debates where to live.
Trinkets
“You must never ask Dada Abbu about the trains, meri jaan,” she would warn. “He doesn’t like to talk about them.”
Necropolis
It’s not like Ba to let something so benign rile him.
Manhattan Schist
“Reid was the most observant, sensitive child, compassionate to a fault – and we need people in this world devoted entirely to beauty.”
Patti Smith Takes a Piss
“She hands off the clarinet, drops behind the plastic and, for the length of time it might take to let loose a good piss she’s just a dark blur in ...
Lemon Drop
‘Everyone deserves the truth, Nouk.’
Someday We’ll Dance Again
Set in 1906, a young man from Gibraltar who emigrates to New York City to make a new life for himself and escape the past.
Someone to Love Me
He said he was a fashion designer. But he lived off his investments.
The Provision of Benches
The joys of sitting weren’t lost on someone who stood for a living.
Mrs. Hawkins and the Orchard
“I put forward that The Orchard is a cornucopia of temptation.”
Roman Numeral Relationships
An observation and mediation on modern life and love.
The Compass Turns Thrice
Time is wobbling the way compass points hover or spin for no rhyme or reason on a nautical chart.
The Mothers
I learned there are three ways to make money. Get more people to buy, get people to buy more often, or get people to buy something more expensive.
A Tyranny of Wind
“Weather is immune to history, law, diplomacy, and sometimes even reason…”
The Mist
“I can still taste the shock of it, hot like gulped coffee, and underneath feel my quick furtive smile.”