The Master
By Fiction Issue 115
Relationships, she believed, were built not on loyalty but a system of material and emotional labor, wherein you paid a percentage of your valuable time and energy to receive a percentage of someone else’s valuable time and energy in return. She was suspicious of anyone who claimed purer motives.
Read MoreAll Her Beautiful Children
By Fiction Issue 115
In the garden, love is dirt and rain: through every wet blossoming Joanna hears children singing—
Read MoreAiféala
By Fiction Issue 114
Eileen felt that she should deliver the news of her brother’s death in person. She knew she would provide no solace when the time came, that her presence would only heighten the reality of Brandon’s absence; yet her mother was nearing seventy.
Read MoreSodade
By Fiction Issue 114
Later, looking at his partially closed eyes, she suddenly remembered a creole word from the country where she had spent her childhood. Sodade. A mixture of nostalgia, tenderness, and yearning, a sense of the fragility of happiness.
Read MoreI Know Where I’m Going
By Fiction Issue 113
Jonah was on the lookout for enemies everywhere, just like his late father, whose vigilance ultimately proved prophetic if futile.
Read MoreSarah’s Blessings (Or, Is There Such a Thing as Inappropriate Laughter?)
By Fiction Issue 113
She was pretty sure she was too crazy to be a mother, and when the yearnings showed up, every few years, they now passed quickly.
Read MoreWhite Spaces
By Fiction Issue 113
When fiction leaves questions unanswered
Read MoreThe Anarchy of Love
By Fiction Issue 113
A story gets away from its author.
Read MoreMoving On
By Fiction Issue 113
What does an artist give up for art?
Read MoreHe Steals Sometimes
By Fiction Issue 113
Can a four-year-old understand stealing?
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