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March 3, 2026 | Fiction

The Little Sandbagger

Josh Lovins

The position in which you are structurally dependent on surrendering the entirety of your scheme, and all the various information edges embodied in it, each time you want to add someone to your team is a bad position to be in.

February 26, 2026 | Fiction

Bubblegum

Nico Here

He liked to change it up enough so that I couldn’t have his pastry ready with his coffee and then he’d have more time to try and converse with me, an extra joke or two. 

February 26, 2026 | Fiction

Bubblegum

Nico Here

He liked to change it up enough so that I couldn’t have his pastry ready with his coffee and then he’d have more time to try and converse with me, an extra joke or two. 

February 23, 2026 | Fiction

In the Wake

Aarti Adv

If I tell you what’s in the bag, will you let me continue to play dumb?

February 23, 2026 | Fiction

In the Wake

Aarti Adv

If I tell you what’s in the bag, will you let me continue to play dumb?

February 18, 2026 | Fiction

72 Hours

Mikayla Bryant

He ordered me a martini with extra olives, just the way I like it.

February 18, 2026 | Fiction

72 Hours

Mikayla Bryant

He ordered me a martini with extra olives, just the way I like it.

February 11, 2026 | Fiction

Fugazi

Britt Astrid Alphson

She feels her and this bartender, this boy, are doing sex theater. Romance theater. Everything theater.

February 11, 2026 | Fiction

Fugazi

Britt Astrid Alphson

She feels her and this bartender, this boy, are doing sex theater. Romance theater. Everything theater.

January 30, 2026 | Fiction

Flip

Tim Hardy

She sang along to the songs, swaying on the spot, and seemed to know all the lyrics. She smiled at him and grabbed him when their big hit came on, singing “There she goes” at his face, until, grudgingly, he sang along too. Then she kissed him

January 30, 2026 | Fiction

Flip

Tim Hardy

She sang along to the songs, swaying on the spot, and seemed to know all the lyrics. She smiled at him and grabbed him when their big hit came on, singing “There she goes” at his face, until, grudgingly, he sang along too. Then she kissed him

January 29, 2026 | Fiction

Hard Drive

Oliver Land

I kept swinging, and he started headbanging to the music.

January 29, 2026 | Fiction

Hard Drive

Oliver Land

I kept swinging, and he started headbanging to the music.

January 28, 2026 | Fiction

Goodnight

Ginger Jones

Someone kissed the love of their life at the party.

January 28, 2026 | Fiction

Goodnight

Ginger Jones

Someone kissed the love of their life at the party.

January 26, 2026 | Fiction

Skeleton Keys in the Rain

David Luntz

Those long walks and unresolved questions gave him an appetite. For skin and flesh. The allure of degeneration presented itself again. This time as a salve for pain.

January 26, 2026 | Fiction

Skeleton Keys in the Rain

David Luntz

Those long walks and unresolved questions gave him an appetite. For skin and flesh. The allure of degeneration presented itself again. This time as a salve for pain.

January 23, 2026 | Fiction

The Worst Bar in the City

Lila-Rose Beckford

They traded stories the way people pass a cigarette back and forth.

January 23, 2026 | Fiction

The Worst Bar in the City

Lila-Rose Beckford

They traded stories the way people pass a cigarette back and forth.

January 22, 2026 | Fiction

The Last American Landmine

Gideon Leek

“If you knew me, you’d already know the answer to that,” she said. We were fighting I realized.

January 22, 2026 | Fiction

The Last American Landmine

Gideon Leek

“If you knew me, you’d already know the answer to that,” she said. We were fighting I realized.

January 21, 2026 | Fiction

Lulu

Tom Ianelli

He did whatever Lulu told him, but not in a desperate way and they started having fun together again.

January 21, 2026 | Fiction

Lulu

Tom Ianelli

He did whatever Lulu told him, but not in a desperate way and they started having fun together again.

January 15, 2026 | Fiction

We Sell Dreams Here, After All

Alysa Levi-D'Ancona

“You want to go to Heaven with me tonight?” Juniper delicately dropped one of the pieces of sandwich into her mouth.

January 15, 2026 | Fiction

We Sell Dreams Here, After All

Alysa Levi-D'Ancona

“You want to go to Heaven with me tonight?” Juniper delicately dropped one of the pieces of sandwich into her mouth.

Recent Books

Pregaming Grief

Danielle Chelosky

Love is like a museum. You have to look around, experience things, and then leave.

Exit, Carefully

Elizabeth Ellen

"I loved reading Exit, Carefully. It’s unusual, and in my opinion exciting, to publish a play without previously receiving a major production."

                      -Walker Caplan, Lithub