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April 6, 2016
Kevin Kramer Starts on Monday
by Debbie Graber
Recommended by The Unnamed Press
March 30, 2016
The Black Parasol
by Jack Pendarvis
Recommended by Dzanc Books
March 18, 2016
The 200 Episode Club
Original Fiction and Poetry
Recommended by Electric Literature
March 17, 2016
Retrieval
An Original Story for “The 200 Episode Club”
by Téa Obreht
Recommended by Electric Literature
March 16, 2016
Magical Negro #607: Gladys Knight on the 200th Episode of The Jeffersons
Original Poetry for “The 200 Episode Club”
by Morgan Parker
Recommended by Electric Literature
March 15, 2016
Captain Stubing Has Collapsed
Original Fiction for “The 200 Episode Club”
by Rob McCleary
Recommended by Electric Literature
March 14, 2016
And So, We Commence
Original Fiction for “The 200 Episode Club”
by J. Robert Lennon
Recommended by Electric Literature
March 9, 2016
Chapter Zero
Excerpted from The Association of Small Bombs
by Karan Mahajan
Recommended by Tony Tulathimutte
March 2, 2016
High Dive
Excerpted from the novel
by Jonathan Lee
Recommended by Garth Greenwell
February 24, 2016
If That’s All There Is
by Mona Awad
Recommended by Laura Van den Berg
February 17, 2016
Blackass
Excerpted from the novel
by A. Igoni Barrett
Recommended by Chinelo Okparanta
February 10, 2016
Everything You Want Right Here
by Delaney Nolan
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
February 3, 2016
The First Summer
Excerpted from Hide
by Matthew Griffin
Recommended by Stuart Nadler
January 27, 2016
The Bastard
by Patrick DeWitt
Recommended by Electric Literature
January 20, 2016
To Revive a Person Is No Slight Thing
by Diane Williams
Recommended by Deb Olin Unferth
January 13, 2016
When We’re Innocent
by Amy Gustine
Recommended by Sarabande Books
January 6th, 2016
The Musical Vanity Boxes
by Lucia Berlin
Recommended by Kelly Luce for Electric Literature
December 30th, 2015
Mack!
by Colin Winnette
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
December 23rd, 2015
The Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Apartments
by Jules Romains
Excerpted from Men of Good Will
Translated by Gerard Hopkins
Recommended by Lapham’s Quarterly
December 16, 2015
Hole
by Jen Beagin
Excerpted from PRETEND I’M DEAD
Recommended by Emily Books
December 9, 2015
Lucilia Illustris
by Leena Krohn
Translated by Viivi Hyvönen
Recommended by Jeff VanderMeer
December 2, 2015
The Abandoned House
by Mario Levrero
Translated by Frances Riddle
Recommended by Asymptote
November 25, 2015
Your Body is a Jewel Box
by Kay Boyle
Recommended by The Scofield
November 18, 2015
Anything for Money
by Karen E. Bender
Recommended by Counterpoint Press
November 11, 2015
Morning, 1908
by Claire-Louise Bennett
Recommended by The Stinging Fly
November 4, 2015
Oh Ghetto My Love
by Eduardo Halfon
Newly Translated Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
October 28, 2015
Ball
by Tara Ison
Recommended by Rick Moody
October 21, 2015
The Rape Essay (Or Mutilated Pages)
by Suzanne Scanlon
Recommended by Belinda McKeon
October 14, 2015
Gogarty
by Michael Deagler
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
October 7, 2015
Spooky Action at a Distance
by Bryan Hurt
Recommended by Starcherone Books
Setember 30, 2015
Swan Lake for Beginners
by Heather O'Neill
Recommended by Diane Cook
September 23, 2015
Online
by Joanna Walsh
Recommended by Dorothy, a publishing project
September 16, 2015
Everything Good That I Know I Learned From Women
by Tryno Maldonado
Translated by Janet Hendrickson
Recommended by The Buenos Aires Review
Léelo en español
September 9, 2015
You’re Home Early
by Vincent Scarpa
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
September 2, 2015
Everybody’s Bluffing
by Miles Klee
Recommended by Matt Bell
August 26, 2015
The Humble Simple Thing
By Sheila Heti
Art and Cut-up by Sara Lautman
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
August 19, 2015
Disappearing Dad Disorder
by Alexandra Kleeman
Excerpted from You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine
Recommended by Harper
August 12, 2015
The Apartments of Strangers
by Helen Phillips
Excerpted from The Beautiful Bureaucrat
Recommended by Elliott Holt
August 5, 2015
An Animal in Winter
by Annie McGreevy
Excerpted from Ciao, Suerte
Recommended by Nouvella
July 29, 2015
Lulu
by Adrienne Celt
Excerpted from THE DAUGHTERS
Recommended by Tara Ison
July 22, 2015
Infinite Home
Excerpted from the novel by Kathleen Alcott
Recommended by Catherine Lacey
July 15, 2015
Neighbors
by Anthony Tognazzini
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
July 8, 2015
The Swan as Metaphor for Love
by Amelia Gray
Recommended by Joyland
July 1, 2015
Secret Stream
by Héctor Tobar
Recommended by ZYZZYVA
June 24, 2015
The Sacred Family
by Rachel Kushner
Recommended by the PEN World Voices Festival
June 17, 2015
The Wanderers
by M.S. Coe
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
June 10, 2015
Mariachi
by Juan Villoro
Recommended by George Braziller
June 3, 2015
The Bodyguard
by Tom Cho
Recommended by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop
May 27, 2015
The Lady of the House of Love
by Angela Carter
Recommended by Kelly Link
May 20, 2015
Miller Field
by Tyler Sage
Original Fiction
Recommended by Leigh Newman
May 13, 2015
All Dogs Go to Heaven with a Vengeance
by John Thorson
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
May 6, 2015
Goods
by Matthew Baker
Recommended by Hayden’s Ferry Review
April 29, 2015
Sphinx: An Excerpt
by Anne F. Garréta
Translated by Emma Ramadan
Recommended by Deep Vellum Publishing
April 22, 2015
Dad Thing
by Jonathan Durbin
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
April 15, 2015
We Are The Olfanauts
by Deji Bryce Olukotun
Recommended by Bryan Hurt for OR Books
April 8, 2015
Tin Cans
by Ekaterina Sedia
Recommended by Jeff VanderMeer for Weird Fiction Review
April 1, 2015
Wifey Redux
by Kevin Barry
Recommended by Graywolf Press
March 25, 2015
Hero Absorbs Major Damage
by Charles Yu
Annotations by Fjoork
Recommended by Electric Literature and Genius
March 18, 2015
Erasure Methods
by Annie Ostlund
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
March 11, 2015
Athena Magazine
by César Aria
Recommended by Hari Kunzru
March 4, 2015
Handcrafted Dolls
by Dale Herd
Recommended by Coffee House Press
February 25, 2015
The Long Walk North
Original fiction by Bill Cotter
Recommended by Electric Literature
February 18, 2015
Saint Andrews Hotel
by Sara Majka
Recommended by A Public Space
February 11, 2015
The Bottomless Pit
by Sharma Shields
Recommended by Henry Holt
February 4, 2015
Stone Animals
by Kelly Link
Recommended by Electric Literature
January 28, 2015
Punching Jackie
by Matt Sumell
Recommended by Electric Literature
January 21, 2015
The Box
by Arthur Bradford
Recommended by John Hodgman
January 14, 2015
Elephant Sanctuary
by John McManus
Recommended by The Literary Review
January 7, 2015
Videos of People Falling Down
by Thomas Pierce
Recommended by Riverhead Books
December 31, 2014
The School
by Donald Barthelme
Recommended by Steven Polansky
December 24, 2014
Deathwinked
by Vedran Husić
Recommended by Fine Arts Work Center
December 17, 2014
Lebenslügen
by Malerie Willens
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
December 10, 2014
Bar Joke, Arizona
by Sam Allingham
Recommended by Marie-Helene Bertino
December 3, 2014
Safety Tips for Living Alone
by Jim Shepard
Original Fiction
Recommended by Joshua Ferris
Now Available as a Kindle Single
November 26, 2014
Of the Fountain
by Kathleen Winter
Recommended by Biblioasis
November 19, 2014
Where We Must Be
by Laura van den Berg
Recommended by Indiana Review
November 12, 2014
Rope
by Joshua Harmon
Recommended by Dzanc Books
November 5, 2014
New Moon
by David Ryan
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
October 29, 2014
Phonetic Masterpieces of Absurdity
by Shelly Oria
Recommended by FSG Originals
October 22, 2014
Night Music
by Joe Fassler
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
October 15, 2014
Wants
by Grace Paley
Recommended by Dani Shapiro
October 8, 2014
Man V. Nature
by Diane Cook
Recommended by HarperCollins Publishers
October 1, 2014
McGlue
Excerpted from the novella by Ottessa Moshfegh
Recommended by Fence Books
September 24, 2014
The Wallcreeper
Excerpted from the novel by Nell Zink
Recommended by Dorothy, a publishing project
September 17, 2014
Boot of the Boot
by Luke B. Goebel
Recommended by FC2
September 10, 2014
A Faded Sense
by Dina Nayeri
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
September 3, 2014
The Unbitten Elbow
by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Recommended by The PEN Literary Awards
August 27, 2014
Champs de Mars
by Mireille Silcoff
Recommended by House of Anasi Press
August 20, 2014
Nuée Ardente
by Dolan Morgan
Recommended by Aforementioned Productions
August 13, 2014
A Higher Purpose
by Lauren Wallach
Recommended by Electric Literature
August 6, 2014
The Junction
by David Means
Recommended by Ecotone
July 30, 2014
The Moon In Its Flight
by Gilbert Sorrentino
Recommended by Jenny Offill
July 23, 2014
The Dirty Kid
by Mariana Enriquez
Recommended by McSweeney’s&
July 16, 2014
Recovery Period
by Sasha Graybosch
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
July 9, 2014
Debriefing
by E.C. Osondu
Recommended by Guernica
July 2, 2014
Three Sisters
by Maria Takolander
Recommended by Stonecutter
June 25, 2014
Late Shift
by Dan Bevacqua
Recommended by Adam Wilson
June 18, 2014
The Answer
by Mary Morris
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
June 11, 2014
A Christmas Letter
by Robert Hellenga
Recommended by Ploughshares
June 4, 2014
Come Down in the World
by Noreen McAuliffe
Original Fiction Recommended by Julia Fierro
Now Available as a Kindle Single
May 28, 2014
Patterns
by Kristiina Ehin
Recommended by The Unnamed Press
May 21, 2014
Our Meat
by Joe Kowalski
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
May 14, 2014
The Ten-Century Man
by Mike Meginnis
Recommended by Lazy Fascist Review
May 7, 2014
Spring in Zurveyta
by Kyle Coma-Thompson
Recommended by Bat City Review
April 30, 2014
Not a Bad Bunch
by Anu Jindal
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
Now available as a Kindle Single
April 23, 2014
Card Tricks
by James Hannaham
Recommended by Jennifer Egan
April 16, 2014
Mascots
by Ted Thompson
Recommended by Maggie Shipstead
April 9, 2014
Unhappiness, Guanajuato
by Pablo Piñero Stillmann
Recommended by Bodega
April 2, 2014
A Great Deserted Landscape
by Kjell Askildsen
Translated by Seán Kinsella
Recommended by Dalkey Archive Press
March 26, 2014
Dear Sir or Madam
by Adam Peterson
Original Fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
March 19, 2014
The Dead Generations
by Jared Hohl
Recommended by The Agriculture Reader
March 12, 2014
Girl and Giraffe
by Lydia Millet
Recommended by Karen Russell
March 5, 2014
Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives
by Brad Watson
Recommended by Deborah Eisenberg
February 26, 2014
Here Lies Gerald
by Robert Travieso
Original fiction
Recommended by Electric Literature
February 19, 2014
The Skin Thing
by Adrian Van Young
Recommended by Gigantic Books
February 12, 2014
The Soul is Not a Smithy
by David Foster Wallace
Recommended by AGNI
February 5, 2014
The Long In-Between
by Adam Wilson
Recommended by Heidi Julavits
January 29, 2014
Human Events
Fragments from a novel by Stephen O’Connor
Recommended by Electric Literature
January 22, 2014
Because
Excerpted from the novel by Joseph Riippi
Recommended by Civil Coping Mechanisms
January 15, 2014
In the District, Into the Bargain
By Gordon Lish
Recommended by OR Books
January 8, 2014
La Moretta
By Maggie Shipstead
Recommended by Chang-rae Lee
January 1, 2014
Flower Box
By A-J Aronstein
Recommended by Electric Literature
December 25, 2013
We Were Down
By Jason Porter
Recommended by Electric Literature
December 18, 2013
Passing Each Other in Halls
By Matt de la Peña
Recommended by One Teen Story
December 11, 2013
Pearl
By Mary Miller
Recommended by Hobart
December 4, 2013
It Doesn’t Have to Be a Big Deal
By Rebecca Schiff
Recommended by Electric Literature
November 27, 2013
Your Duck is My Duck
By Deborah Eisenberg
Recommended by Fence
November 20, 2013
Notes on a War-Torn Childhood
By Sara Nović
Recommended by Justin Taylor
November 13, 2013
Pulls
By Gary Lutz
Recommended by Future Tense Books
November 6, 2013
Home Run
By Steven Millhauser
Recommended by Electric Literature
October 30, 2013
The Healing Center
By Catherine Lacey
Recommended by The Atlas Review
October 23, 2013
Wintering Over
By Jason Brown
Recommended by The Southern Review
October 16, 2013
Amorometer
By Kelly Luce
Recommended by A Strange Object
October 9, 2013
Supernova
By Dani Shapiro
Recommended by Electric Literature
October 2, 2013
Saguaro
An Excerpt from the Novel by Carson Mell
Recommended by Electric Literature
September 25, 2013
Leg
By Steven Polansky
Recommended by J. Robert Lennon
September 18, 2013
Godzilla Versus the Smog Monster
By Lucy Corin
Recommended by McSweeney’s
September 11, 2013
The Knowers
By Helen Phillips
Recommended by Electric Literature
September 4, 2013
The Doctor and the Rabbi
By Aimee Bender
Recommended by Tablet
August 28, 2013
The Grave
By Katherine Anne Porter
Recommended by the Virginia Quarterly Review
August 21, 2013
Everything is Nice
By Jane Bowles
Recommended by Lynne Tillman
August 14, 2013
You Are The Stepson
By Matt Dojny
Recommended by Electric Literature
August 7, 2013
The Monster
By Ali Simpson
Recommended by The Southampton Review
July 31, 2013
At the Fairmont
By Peter Orner
Recommended by Ann Beattie
July 24, 2013
The Spy
By César Aira
Recommended by BOMB
Translated by Alfred Mac Adam
July 17, 2013
Valentine
By Alexander Yates
Recommended by Electric Literature
July 10, 2013
Three Things You Should Know About Peggy Paula
By Lindsay Hunter
Recommended by Roxane Gay
July 3, 2013
Nixon in Space
By Rob McCleary
Recommended by Jonathan Lethem
June 26, 2013
The Unraveling
By A.N. Devers
Recommended by David Gates
June 19, 2013
Orange
By Tarah Scalzo
Recommended by Electric Literature
June 12, 2013
The Duchess of Albany
By Christine Schutt
Recommended by Noon
June 5, 2013
The Incurable
By Antal Szerb
Recommended by Pushkin Press
May 29, 2013
The More You Ignore Me
Excerpted from the novel by Travis Nichols
Recommended by Coffee House Press
May 22, 2013
Angel Lust
by Maggie Shipstead
Recommended by Electric Literature
May 15, 2013
Bettering Myself
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Recommended by The Paris Review
May 8, 2013
These Are the Fables
by Amelia Gray
Recommended by CLMP
May 1, 2013
A Questionable Shape
Excerpted from the novel by Bennett Sims
Recommended by Two Dollar Radio
April 24, 2013
Firewood
by J. Robert Lennon
Recommended by Electric Literature
April 17, 2013
A Once-Perfect Day for Bananafish
by Mieko Kawakami
Recommended by Monkey Business
April 10, 2013
Missing Persons
by Norman Lock
Recommended by Slice Literary
April 3, 2013
Pu-239
by Ken Kalfus
Recommended by Fiona Maazel
March 27, 2013
Todd
by Etgar Keret
Recommended by Electric Literature
March 20, 2013
The Sub-Leaser
by Adrian Van Young
Recommended by Black Lawrence Press
March 13, 2013
Yours
by Mary Robison
Recommended by Ben Greenman
March 6, 2013
How to Shake the Other Man
by Derek Palacio
Recommended by Nouvella
February 27, 2013
Malice and Desperation in the Grand Canyon
From The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards
by Kristopher Jansma
Recommended by Electric Literature
February 20, 2013
The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis
by Karen Russell
Recommended by Conjunctions
February 13, 2013
Girltown
by Kate Wheeler
Recommended by Stephen O’Connor
February 6, 2013
Any Deadly Thing
by Roy Kesey
Recommended by Dzanc Books
January 30, 2013
Tributaries
by Ramona Ausubel
Recommended by Electric Literature
January 23, 2013
Following Slowly
by A.R. Rea
Recommended by Joshua Ferris
January 16, 2013
Travels in Central America
Excerpted from the novella
by Clancy Martin
Recommended by The Milan Review
January 9, 2013
A Talking Cure
by Justin Taylor
Recommended by The Coffin Factory
January 2, 2013
Our Education
by Lincoln Michel
Recommended by Electric Literature
December 26, 2012
The Fixed Idea
by April Bernard
Recommended by Little Star
December 19, 2012
Something to Remember Me By
by Saul Bellow
Recommended by Mary Gaitskill
December 12, 2012
That’s Not A Feeling
by Dan Josefson
Recommended by Soho Press
December 5, 2012
White Dialogues
by Bennett Sims
Recommended by Electric Literature
November 28, 2012
A Good Deuce
by Jodi Angel
Recommended by Tin House
Now available as a Kindle Single
November 21, 2012
My Last Story
by Janet Frame
Recommended by Etgar Keret
November 14, 2012
Death of the President’s Dog
by Miljenko Jergovic
Translated by Daveid Williams
Recommended by Archipelago Books
November 7, 2012
Rontel
An excerpt from the novel by Sam Pink
Recommended by Electric Literature
October 31, 2012
The Cottage on the Hill
by J. Robert Lennon
Recommended by Unstuck
October 24, 2012
The Time Machine
by Dino Buzzati
Recommended by Kevin Brockmeier
October 17, 2012
In the Rain
by Steven Barthelme
from the collection Hush Hush
Recommended by Melville House
October 10, 2012
Seven Stories
From Alex Epstein’s “For My Next Illusion I Will Use Wings”
Recommended by Electric Literature
October 3, 2012
The Kill Sign
by Marvin Shackleford
Recommended by Armchair/Shotgun
September 26, 2012
The Pilgrim Hawk
Excerpted from the novel by Glenway Wescott
Recommended by Michael Cunningham
September 19, 2012
Fobbit
Excerpted from the novel by David Abrams
Recommended by Grove/Atlantic
September 12, 2012
Hello Everybody
by A.M. Homes
Recommended by Electric Literature
Now available as a Kindle Single
September 5, 2012
Trouble and the Shadowy Deathblow
by Patrick Somerville
Recommended by One Story
August 29, 2012
Glissando
by Katie Bellas
Recommended by Joshua Henkin
August 22, 2012
The Natural Way of Things
by Peter Stamm
Recommended by Other Press
August 15, 2012
Recovery
by Helen DeWitt
Recommended by Electric Literature
August 8, 2012
Birds in the Mouth
by Samanta Schweblin
Recommended by PEN America
August 1, 2012
Cathay
by Steven Millhauser
Recommended by Aimee Bender
July 25, 2012
Office Girl
Excerpted from the novel by Joe Meno
Recommended by Akashic Books
July 18, 2012
The Devil’s Treasure
By Mary Gaitskill
Recommended by Electric Literature
July 11, 2012
Interpreters of Men Get It On
By Fiona Maazel
Recommended by The Common
July 4, 2012
OIF
By Phil Klay
Recommended by Nathan Englander
June 27, 2012
Airbag
By Ted Sanders
Recommended by Graywolf Press
June 20, 2012
The Adventure of the Space Traveler
By Seth Fried
Recommended by Electric Literature
June 13, 2012
Cattle Haul
By Jesmyn Ward
Recommended by A Public Space
June 6, 2012
North of
By Marie-Helene Bertino
Recommended by Jim Shepard
May 30, 2012
Near to the Wild Heart
By Clarice Lispector
Recommended by New Directions
May 23, 2012