Fiction Pick of the Week: "Outside Kandahar"
A man cares for his ex's mentally unstable brother.
2010s
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Most Die Young"
A search for meaning through academics, cultural studies, and terrorism.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Angry Signatures"
An investigation into prophetic dreams.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Love Stories"
A winding search for love through drink, power, and fear.
Fiction Pick of the Week: Gold Lamé, Crinoline and the Meaning of Life
A life in objects, facts, and yearning.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Cyber Monday"
Product descriptions propel a complex relationship narrative.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "When the Robots Arrived"
Robots arrive on earth; a politician's grotesque fate.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Just Visiting"
An American wife's keen unhappiness on her European honeymoon.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Twentieth"
Memories and violence resurface at a high school reunion.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Fat Piglet"
A former reality star's strength in the face of a Presidential candidate's comments.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Maps and Legends"
Hallucinations and peculiar memories of a dead spouse.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Seeds"
The sprouting of seeds and an uncle's connection to his niece.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Just-in-Case Stones"
An obsession with stones propels a woman from childhood to adulthood.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Swimming Underwater"
A family disintegration, past and present.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Whale"
A whale permeates a series of culture clashes.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Short History of Zaka the Zulu"
The downfall of a Jesuit school prefect.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Cases"
A bear in human woman skin ventures into the city.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Evidence"
A detective, a mysterious murder, an unexpected confrontation.
Fiction Sponsored
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Eight Scenes From the Life of a Professional Raven"
Reflections from a bird and a mascot.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Bolger"
A conversation with (and memories of) an unscrupulous bar owner.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Liar"
Childhood lies and truthful, uncomfortable memories.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Blossoms"
A girls' camp nature walk takes an unusual, grotesque turn.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Meat"
Dead bodies and small town sexual identity.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Guardian"
The reappearance of an adult woman's imaginary friend from childhood.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Stuff"
A terminally ill journalist deals with a variety of setbacks.
