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November 1, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

High Tide

Yundi Shen

During the holiday of their second year, they were nineteen. He was celebrating finally being allowed to drive the old Land Rover his father once used. After dinner he drove her home.

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October 31, 2026 | Interview

Hobart Questionnaire with Laura Albert

Laura Albert/Elizabeth Ellen

Often have a fantasy of living My Year of Rest and Relaxation and need to remind myself this is not an aspirational book.

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October 30, 2026 | Fiction

Netting

Wilson Koewing

“What in the hell are you doing out here at this hour?” the security guard said. “Just taking a walk,” Price said. 

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October 30, 2026 | Fiction

Road Trip to Lustland

Jenna Obeid Mackenroth

The air between his boys started going bad, no matter how long they tried to leave the windows open. They were getting tired of the motels and their poolside women. There were only so many sun-bleached bitches they could do before his boys wanted more.

October 29, 2026 | Fiction

Selling the Self

Nguyễn Thuận Ân

She springs up, goes to her page, and sees hardly any fans left. The next session has started, but there is no one left in the waiting room. The ones who stay spit insults. She reads them, feels hurt, so she gets no pleasure from it.

 

October 28, 2026 | Fiction

Oysters

Kyle Sager

You looked exactly like you do now except you were wearing glasses and you looked distracted.

October 28, 2026 | Modern Film Review

The Great Man: A Review Of 'Digger'

Nick Dove

Charm cripples our capacity for effective criticism, our will to demand change.

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