Fiction

Deep Cut

A short story

• Andrew Martin
• July/August 2020 Issue

Go, Team

A short story

• Samantha Hunt
• March 2020 Issue

Wolves of Karelia

A short story

• Arna Bontemps Hemenway
• August 2019 Issue

Toward Happy Civilization

A traveler plots an escape from a rural train station. A short story

• Samanta Schweblin
• January/February 2019 Issue

Mama’s Haven

A short story

• Mary Morris
• April 2018 Issue

Rib Night

A war story

• Will Mackin
• March 2018 Issue

The Drone King

A newly discovered short story by Kurt Vonnegut

• Kurt Vonnegut
• October 2017 Issue

Deeds Not Words

Love and suffragism at a girls’ school in 20th-century England. A short story

• Tessa Hadley
• June 2017 Issue

Novostroïka

His apartment had no heat. Worse: Council officials said his building did not exist. A short story

• Maria Reva
• December 2016 Issue

O

An exhibition of unintended consequences. A short story

• Robert Boswell
• October 2016 Issue

The Wall

A short story about family and class.

• Helen Phillips
• May 2016 Issue

Attitude Adjustment

After surviving a gruesome accident, a Catholic priest struggles with life. A short story

• Tim Gautreaux
• December 2015 Issue

Scenes From a Marriage

“What’s it like?,” Natalie said quietly. “Marriage, I mean.” Mathilde said, “Kipling called it a very long conversation.” A short story

• Lauren Groff
• September 2015 Issue

Hex Keys

Father's Day 1972—an oddball quest. A short story

• George Singleton
• January/February 2015 Issue

The Rhett Butlers

He is 40. You are almost 17. You know his kiss is coming, that day in the classroom, but still it surprises you. A short story

• Katherine Heiny
• October 2014 Issue