Joseph Harris: Was It Good for You?

Today’s share thaws a bit, it seeks a bit of sun, it’s Joseph Harris’s story “Was It Good for You?“:

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Pushcart Nominations 2016

We’re pleased to announce our Pushcart Prize nominations for 2016:

J.E. Reich: Old Country

It’s the witchliest, most boneyardful season, readers, and this week’s story from the latest issue really ties that all together: J. E. Reich’s “Old Country.”

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PS. we’re seeking contributors for the next issue who happen to be women or genderqueer, so this link links to our submission manager.

Kelsey Allen: Heartbeat

A strange attractor is the state the system tends toward for a variety of starting conditions. Somehow, however you start you end up in the same place. Fate can feel like a whirlpool in other words. Today, Kelsey Allen’s short fiction “Heartbeat“:

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Tasha LeClair: Exploded View

What is inside this growing thing under all this sun heaped up on the plains? Let Tasha LeClair answer with this story, “Exploded View,” originally published in SC 4.1:

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