Fiction
Notes on a Departure by Abigail Oswald
We find the crop circle at the end of June. Mira wants to lie down in its center, so we do and she takes off her shirt, like sunbathing at midnight.
Book Reviews
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession
The opening paragraph of Leonard and Hungry Paul introduces one of the two main characters and sets the tone — seemingly straightforward, quirky — that makes this first novel by Irish author Rónán Hession such a delight.
Research Notes
Kim Hooper on Tiny
Kim Hooper writes about the research behind her new novel Tiny.
Fiction
Showing by C.M. Lindley
They were invited to a showing at the local theatre. Attendees were told nothing about it, only to come with a set of open eyes. Not everyone had a pair of those, and it was easy to see who did and did not, once the show began.
Book Reviews
Our Colony Beyond The City Of Ruins by Janalyn Guo
Our Colony Beyond the City of Ruins, the debut collection from Janalyn Guo, presents twelve pieces of fabulist fiction bursting with splendid and unsettling transformations.
Interviews
An Interview With Michael Nye
Michael Nye discusses his novel All The Castles Burned and his editorship of STORY with Kathy Bates.
Book Reviews
Miss Jane: The Lost Years by Kat Meads
In a happy postscript to Kat Meads’ novel, Miss Jane: The Lost Years, the female chorus celebrates a fact often lost in stories about sexual predation: victims manage to escape their abusers and “defeat every tiny tyrant.”
Fiction
Tabula Rasa by Jon Doyle
Every morning, I write the day’s most important headlines on a blackboard.
Interviews
An Interview With Melanie Hatter
Amina Gautier talks to Melanie Hatter about her short story collection Let No One Weep For Me, her latest novel Malawi’s Sisters, and the novel’s path to publication.