A Guide to Small Town Ghosts
“A Guide to Small Town Ghosts” is actually four linked micro-stories, each of which devises and fulfills its own narrative…
The Changeling
Some works of fantasy make you feel that they are not ornamenting reality so much as unearthing one of its…
A Too Small Room
Like a Grimms’ fairy tale transported to Japan, “A Too Small Room” proceeds through a world whose houses, forests, and…
god at the side of the road
“god at the side of the road” has the quality of folklore from centuries ago and worlds away that’s somehow…
The Bone Child
I found the development in the final section of this story genuinely frightening—a dark fantasy in which the element of…
the 2021 fractured lit Anthology prize shortlist
We’re so excited to announce the 34 titles of our shortlist! These stories are so good we’ve decided to publish…
Blue Mama
Without thinking too deeply about it we presume ourselves to be adequate parents. The baseline assumption is that we would…
the 2021 fractured lit Anthology prize longlist
We’re so excited to announce the 62 titles of our longlist! The submissions we received were so resonant, engaging, and…
By the Gleam of Her Teeth, She Will Light the Path Before Her
After dinner, Father folds a swan out of his paper napkin. Mother says, “My, how early it grows dark.” First…
Calculus of Devotion
—after Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express Clare dresses like an ice cream cone. Chocolate lace, vanilla skirts. All of it melting…
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