April 2013
2 posts
“We snails have a saying: ‘Love thy neighbor, because he who is far away...”
– Read But Don’t You Ever Think of Sex, Viskovitz? by Alessandro Boffa.
“I want, for instance, to be a different person. I want to be the woman who...”
– Read Wants by Grace Paley.
March 2013
1 post
“Listen to me. I’m just a baker. I don’t claim to be anything else. Maybe once,...”
– Click here to read A Small, Good Thing by Raymond Carver.
October 2012
1 post
“For example, I didn’t know that she thought I was a bad kisser:
“Your kisses...”
– Click here to read Shepherdess by Dan Chaon.
August 2012
3 posts
“«Ha! Ha! Forgive me. I must laugh now.»
And she flung herself upon a...”
– Click this to Read Squirrels Have Bright Eyes by John Collier.
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– Hear the story The Best of Everythig.
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“Cole Porter wanted to control what was happening, including that admiration and...”
– Read Cole Porter by John Haskell
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July 2012
2 posts
“Sales guy for a narrative experiential lifestyle product, narrator. Just titles,...”
– Read Adult Contemporary by Charles Yu
“They couldn’t stop expressing surprise and joy at the revelations; the discovery...”
– Read Stranger Things Have Happened by Alix Ohlin.
June 2012
1 post
“Having penetrated a man’s personal space,
immediately seek out his Sweet Spot....”
– Read Black Box by Jennifer Egan - a new story from the New Yorker.
May 2012
2 posts
“She would of been a good woman,” The Misfit said, “if it had been...”
– Read A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor
“On the way back to Jennifer’s room I did something Barbie almost...”
– Read A Real Doll by A.M. Homes.
April 2012
3 posts
“Sinatra had been working in a film that he now disliked, could not wait to...”
– Read Frank Sinatra Has a Cold by Gay Talese.
“Shipley had an old VW van he drove Beatrice around in after class. He bought her...”
– Read Standing Up to the Superpowers by Alica Erian.
“The strange and mysterious things which day by day befell the Student Anselmus,...”
– Read The Golden Flower Pot by E.T.A. Hoffmann
March 2012
12 posts
“I have never cared what horse a man was riding, only how he rode him. Because...”
– Read We Are All Of Us Passing Through (an unpublished excerpt) by Harry Crews, R.I.P.
“And I despise your books, I despise wisdom and the blessings of this world. It...”
– Read The Bet by Anton Chekhov
“The first time I saw Marnie naked she was lying on her back in an ambulance...”
– Read Marnie by Benjamin Weissman
A short story/chapter from A Visit From the Goon...
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“Lou was doing eighty on Trapelo Road. Eighty on Trapelo. “Where are we...”
– Read In the Ravine by Alec Solomita.
“He clung to Suzy. “At least the wine is good,” she said. They...”
– Read Foes by Lorrie Moore
““Who are you guys?” I said.
Ritter answered. He was big, one of...”
– Read the essay Upon This Rock by John Jeremiah Sullivan
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“And there is Samantha, sitting in an idling Impala, a boxy number from the...”
– Read Twin Study by Stacey Richter
5 tags
“For the 22 days of its existence, the balloon offered the possibility, in its...”
– Read The Balloon by Donald Barthelme
“Chapter 25
From Another World
Ruth was not particularly extravagant, In...”
– Read Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. Connell
“Things Lizzie Has Stolen for Me
1. Two 100% cotton knit tops, multi-colored...”
– Read Complicity by Dodie Bellamy
http://dodie-bellamy.blogspot.com/
3 tags
“Franklin Fletcher dreamed of luxury in the form of tiger skins and beautiful...”
– Read Bottle Party by John Collier
February 2012
1 post
5 tags
“Red Green was lying on the couch wearing a dirty flannel shirt and a pair of...”
– Read Ball Lightning Reported In The Northeast Kingdom by Scott Wolven
