Fiction
The Smell of Smoke
Green remembers the quality of sunlight on the afternoon he last saw Maggie, August 23, 1968, beside his parents’ swimming pool. It was late in the season so there was …
Read MoreA Billion Little Pieces
Illustration by Clayton Hanmer It was one of those days that fill you with hope and a sense of tristesse. They come often to this part of Provence, where our …
Read MoreMarried with Husbands
Illustration by Clayton Hanmer A pitch for a new one-hour television series The concept: Rachel Waisberg, a fiftysomething writer, loves her husband, Sam, but they haven’t had sex since their …
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Its a Smallwood, After All
One of the advantages of being immortal is that you eventually make—and make up for—every possible mistake
Read MoreWhat He Saw
Photograph by Amanda Tetrault Be that way then, she said. And wished she hadn’t. She touched the straps of her bikini and walked down to the sea. She preferred diving …
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BloodFest ‘06: The May 24th Blackfly Rally
Really nothing like human blood
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Travels with Scholars: The Brochure
This summer, see the world as it was meant to be seen”“through the eyes of professors. Travel to exotic climes with high achievers, who slip with ease ‘twixt ivory tower …
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Water Spider
He laughed at what passed for tragedy in his new country. Last week, the body of a little girl was found pressed against a sewer grate. She had been catching …
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Barnyard Desires
Leona was awoken by a scratching noise from her ceiling. Furtive rasping claws. Scratch, scratch scratch. She sat up in bed and fixed her eyes on the ceiling, straining to …
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