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
 Nick the Prick  I Think the Company I'm Temping for May Be Masterminding a Plot for Global Domination  Between Here & There  Dear Life  Cruising |
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Chicago Reader Fiction Issues
An index of the the Reader's annual fiction issues since 2000
- Dec 23, 2010
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Fiction Issue 2009: Between Here & There
"Look at him right now, he's hitting balls with your drunk asshole dad."
- Dec 24, 2009
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Fiction Issue 2009: I Think the Company I'm Temping for May Be Masterminding a Plot for Global Domination
"Let me ask you a question though man: Do you take dumps at work?"
- Dec 24, 2009
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Fiction Issue 2009: Cruising
"I used to be pregnant."
- Dec 24, 2009
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Fiction Issue 2009: Dear Life
"It'll be fine, Alex. Just relax and don't get excited. FBI's a bunch of limp-wristed handjobs anyway."
- Dec 24, 2009
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Fiction Issue 2009: Nick the Prick
"Stein had a knife in the hip pocket of his jeans, which he thought was kind of weird."
- Dec 24, 2009
