Fiction Pick of the Week: "Sunsets Are Giant Rainbows"
Friends and their plans, big and small.
Work
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Floating"
The physical and sociological effects of climate change in Thailand.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Color and Light"
Two brothers interact with a peculiar visitor.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Heartspace"
Heart removal as therapy.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Halfway House"
A decrepit building and a shameful family legacy.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Dead Weight"
The lives of a mortician mother and a wayward veteran stepfather.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Fire Season"
Two friends contend with mistakes both past and present.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Mucci"
A European vacation, a quietly crumbling marriage.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "I'm Sorry Your Daughter Got Eaten by a Cougar"
Hauntings in the aftermath of an animal attack.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Actor"
Encounters and interactions with a semi-famous star.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Bottomless Sounds"
The stark realities of nature and nuture.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Ringing True"
The lives of a bell maker, a beekeeper, and their observant son.
The Birth of a New American Aristocracy
How the 9.9 percent became “the principal accomplices in a process that is slowly strangling the economy, destabilizing American politics, and eroding democracy.”
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Superman"
A Las Vegas hustler hits his lowest point.
Cutting 'Old Heads' at IBM
As it scrambled to compete, the tech company cut tens of thousands of U.S. workers, hitting its most senior employees hardest and flouting rules against age bias.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Sliver of Blue Ocean"
A beached whale creates a ripple effect in a small fishing village.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Whiskey & Ribbons [Excerpt]"
Family dynamics both real and imagined.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Railroad Blues"
Small town loneliness, memories, and mistakes.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Voiceless"
The intersection of life and social media in the future.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Stanville"
The interactions of inmates and a teacher at a women's prison.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Good Looking Out"
The psychology, interactions, and sadness of a fringe NBA player.
Fiction Pick of the Week: "Suggestible Hauntings"
The lives of professional haunters.
The Real Future of Work
It’s less about robots and the gig economy and more about companies stripping away the security full-time work has long afforded.
Ficion: "Eugene OR"
A teenager faces a series of escalating life challenges.
Fiction: "Holograms"
Three teenagers, their futures, the concept of alternate realities.
