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Andrew Keating: Potential Energy
The first paragraph will hook you, the underlying concept will keep you reading, and the weirdness—well, let's just say it communicates a certain amount of unusual potential...
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Michael Stein: Revolt of the Decorative Angels
This story elicited an immediate yes from the fiction editor, and she's sure you will concur with her decision.
“It
had never occurred to him to feel fear, for one of his hands had been
nailed into the saint’s back, and a metal bar had held his body to
the wall...”
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Stunning piece that personifies schadenfreude—pleasure derived from the misfortune of others.
“...Renee, Mama would say quietly...We could’ve sailed to a Greek Island, where the sun and the sea are always so blue. Her voice would trail off and she would smile at Renee, an adoring smile as if Renee were the most beautiful person on earth...”
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Blake Sanz: The Baller Creeped the Rock
A
brilliantly contextualized re-telling of an existentialist Arabic
piece...
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Joel Turner: The Excision of Billy Boy
Strange story that will grip you with its prose tentacles until your synapses face the probabilities of miss-fire
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A smooth tale of everyday parallel realities...
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Sometimes freedom is a jar.
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