Fiction
37 stories
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A new short story.
November 2011 by Dagoberto Gilb
Sink or Swim »
In an excerpt from Sarah Bird's new novel The Gap Year, a single mom prepares to send her only daughter off to college. Guess which one is a wreck.
July 2011 by Sarah Bird
The Peculiar Monument »
In this exclusive excerpt from Remember Ben Clayton, a new novel by Stephen Harrigan, a sculptor meets a lonely rancher who has lost his son and needs something to remember him by.
May 2011 by Stephen Harrigan
Kings of Colorado »
Read an excerpt from the new novel.
January 2011 by David E. Hilton
Therapy Room »
An exclusive excerpt from writer-at-large Oscar Casares's forthcoming first novel, Amigoland
August 2009 by Oscar Casares
Oscar Casares: Podcast
Oscar Casares reads an excerpt from his new novel, Amigoland.
August 2009
Twin Wells »
The final chapter of “Twin Wells,” by Elmer Kelton.
December 2008 by Elmer Kelton
Twelve Chapters of “Twin Wells.”
Listen to each author read a chapter.
December 2008
Twin Wells »
Chapter Eleven of “Twin Wells,” by Stephen Graham Jones.
November 2008 by Stephen Graham Jones
Twin Wells: Podcast
Stephen Graham Jones reads the final chapter of “Twin Wells.”
November 2008
Twin Wells: Podcast
"Field of Light," read by Diana López.
October 2008
Twin Wells »
Chapter Ten of “Twin Wells,” by Diana López.
October 2008 by Diana Lopez
Hive Talkin’
A narrated slide show of Dan Winters’s photo essay on the plight of the vanishing honeybees.
October 2008
Hard Knocks: Podcast
Sarah Bird reads her latest column.
October 2008
Twin Wells »
Chapter Nine of “Twin Wells.”
September 2008 by Doug Dorst
Kinky Friedman: Podcast
Confessions of a gambling addict.
September 2008
Twin Wells Chapter Nine: Podcast
The last picture show. Read by Doug Dorst.
September 2008
Twin Wells Chapter Eight: Podcast
Read by Jill Patterson.
August 2008
Twin Wells »
Chapter Eight of “Twin Wells,” by Jill Patterson.
August 2008 by Jill Patterson
Twin Wells »
Chapter Seven of “Twin Wells.”
July 2008 by Ben Fountain
Twin Wells »
Chapter Six of "Twin Wells."
June 2008 by Harry Hunsicker
Twin Wells »
Chapter Five of “Twin Wells.”
May 2008 by Will Clarke
Twin Wells Chapter 5: Podcast
The emerald mule read by Will Clarke.
May 2008
Twin Wells »
Chapter Four: Katherine’s Neck.
April 2008 by Amanda Eyre Ward




