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, Dec 15, 2012
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fiction, past and future
A sampling of great fiction that's appeared in the Chicago Reader over the years
by Jerome Ludwig
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, Sep 27, 2012
Call for submissions to the 13th annual Pure Fiction issue
Hello, Chicago writers. Send in your best short stories for a chance to be published in our next Pure Fiction issue
by Jerome Ludwig
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, Jan 23, 2012
Starting today on the Bleader: Alderman Week
This week's "Variations on a Theme": Alderman Week
by Tal Rosenberg
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, Jan 20, 2012
Fiction Week: The Ernie Bedlam Stories
The fifth and final part of Craig Champlin's "The Ernie Bedlam Stories"
by Craig Champlin
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, Jan 19, 2012
Fiction Week: The Ernie Bedlam Stories
Craig Champlin's Ernie Bedlam Stories
by Craig Champlin
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, Jan 18, 2012
Fiction Week: The Ernie Bedlam Stories
Part three of Craig Champlin's "Ernie Bedlam Stories"
by Craig Champlin
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, Jan 17, 2012
Fiction Week: The Ernie Bedlam Stories
Pure Fiction: Craig Champlin's Ernie Bedlam Stories, Part Two
by Craig Champlin
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, Jan 16, 2012
Fiction Week: The Ernie Bedlam Stories
Pure Fiction: Craig Champlin's "Ernie Bedlam" Stories, Part One, Variations on a Theme
by Craig Champlin
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, Jan 12, 2012
In this week's
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What's in the January 12, 2012 issue of the
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, Oct 24, 2011
Pure Fiction: call for submissions
The Chicago Reader is accepting submissions for its annual Pure Fiction issue
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Chicago Reader at Forty
, Aug 4, 2011
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The year in Chicago history via the pages of the
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by Michael Miner
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, May 2, 2011
Indie Booksellers Choice Awards Finalists
Indie Booksellers Choice Awards Finalists
by Jerome Ludwig
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, Sep 15, 2010
Fiction Issue: Call for Submissions
Submit your short fiction to the Reader's 11th annual Pure Fiction issue.
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, Dec 24, 2009
Pure Fiction
Our 2009 fiction issue, featuring stories by Benjamin Kumming, Stephen Markley, Natalie Edwards, Will Fletcher, and Robert Cass
by Benjamin Kumming, Stephen Markley, Natalie Edwards, Will Fletcher, and Robert Cass
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