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Fiction Issue 2013
Four reader-submitted stories selected by guest curator Zach Dodson, of Featherproof Books
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Fiction Issue 2013: “Isn’t that right, Pete?”
"He slipped or his perch gave way, and down he went. The father climbed down after him, but there was nothing that he or the Coast Guard could do."
by Andrew Hicks
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Fiction Issue 2013: “LOS”
“When I look out the capsule window all I see is the moon. . . . If I landed where I was supposed to I would be able to see home.”
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Fiction Issue 2013: "State Hospital"
"I’ve been making up answers to people's questions about my future. I’ve been showing my breasts to strangers on the Internet."
by Bridget Gamble
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Fiction Issue 2013: "Conjuring Danny Squires"
"Sometimes, in the twisted wreckage of the car, I could just make out a clump of Danny’s blond hair. I could smell the gasoline."
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Fiction Issue 2012
Five reader-submitted stories selected by guest curator Goldie Goldbloom, plus a few of our editors' favorites
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Fiction Issue 2012: "Sky Boys"
Lunch is served 69 stories above Manhattan
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Fiction Issue 2012: "Thank God for Facebook!"
Postings from the grave
by Timothy Moore
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Fiction Issue 2012: "Moving on at the Hipster Gym"
A cigarette and a boy shirt and you're all better, right?
by Tovah Burstein
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Fiction Issue 2012: "The Gentle Grift"
Sometimes you've just got to encase the boss's Mercedes in plastic wrap
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Fiction Issue 2012: "Teen Jeopardy"
Having the right answers isn't everything
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Fiction Issue 2012, Editor's pick: "The Fall and Rise of 'The Worst Commercial Ever Made'"
The epic tale of “Lincoln Carpeting Factory Outlet Superstore: Where We Roll Out the Red Carpet of Nonstop Savings!”
by Brian Costello
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Fiction Issue 2012, Editor's pick: "Red Velvet"
The bar was closing, and Paul wanted to go home with something sweet
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Chicago Reader Fiction Issues
An index of the the
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Pure Fiction 2010
Curated by Adam Levin
by John Counts, Eldad Malamuth, Daniel Stolar, Marco Buscaglia, and Jessie Morrison
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The Carnival at Bray
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Customs
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The Specialist
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Jerry Darn Nation
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