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Unreliable Narrators

…social world has been almost completely upended, due in part to the machinations of their Theatre Arts teacher, Mr. Kingsley, the aptly named puppet-master of the CAPA universe. “Mr. Kingsley…

Small Mercies

…tight-lipped about everything, anything — guárdate los secretos — because once you gave away secrets, people would use them to steal other things from you.” For the most part, the…

The Glorious Pastime: Chanelle Benz

…one of Electric Literature’s 15 Best Short Story Collections that year, and the Chicago Review of Books wrote, “Benz pulls the rug out from under you in almost every story,…

Child of the Green Routine

…relief from devastating symptoms when conventional medicine offered few options. Stories like Meridy’s place the rapidly evolving legal and cultural status of all cannabis-related products into fascinating perspective. “The AIDS…

The Paradise, The Grave, The City, The Wilderness

…as more than a colorful swirl of imagery. They provide a structural conceit that allows Smith to organize two millennia’s worth of material about Rome’s history and people. In “The…

Disappointed Idealist

…performed that maneuver, although not in Horatio Alger style (a comparison I’m sure he would have scorned). In this very general way, he actually did live that version of the…

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