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…
Nothing the Wind Might Sting
1. The bird flies in through an open window on the first story of the hotel. The bird flies through…
Ornithology for Girls
The bluegrass is dry and sick. “You were the one who survived,” I say. “You were very fortunate.” You are…
Scene in a Public Park at Dawn, 1892
“No small sensation has been made by the report of a duel between two ladies. . . . The [disagreement]…
Big Red
It started out small—a red speck hardly noticed on the Harlem sidewalk. Maybe it drifted down from the heavens. Maybe…
Origin Story
There was a man—there is always a man. There was the crush of gray wave. The cold bite of late…
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