“Turn Your Back to the Forest” by Karolina Letunova
Ivanych stumbled out onto the porch, squinting against the cruel brightness of snow. Not a curl of...
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Tag: short fiction
miCRo: Two stories by Matthew Torralba Andrews
In these two related stories, narrative is conveyed through small details.
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miCRo: “Toad Soup” by Claire Leng
In a searing and emblematic story, Claire Leng describes the experiences of a fictional family in 1959’s Great Chinese Famine.
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miCRo: from “There Is News along the Ohio River” by Beth Gilstrap
Two entries from Beth Gilstrap’s series “There Is News along the Ohio River” balance survival and awe.
Read MoreWhy We Like It: “Gil Butsen Ford” by Steve Amick
Editorial Assistant Afsheen Farhadi: In issue 15.2’s “Gil Butsen Ford,” Steve Amick dramatizes the logic of advertising—the promise to deliver happiness as balm for the consumer’s deepest pain. This is found in the...
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