short story
Mammoth Steps
A strange trek through a future whose fate depends on whether humans can coexist with intelligent, de-extincted mammoths.
The 'Cat Person' Problem – Four Women Share Their Real-Life Stories
A short story recently published in the 'New Yorker' got a lot of women talking about a relatable but rarely discussed issue.
Hemingway's First Short Story Was Just Unearthed in a Notebook in Florida
The author wrote the 14-page story back in 1909, when he was only ten.
Dark Sci-fi Lies Behind The Cartoon Exterior of This Interactive Film
Director Evan Boehm's browser-based adaptation of Jeff Noon's 'Solace' contrasts playful interactivity with a sinister tale of addiction, soda, and the misuse of genetic technology.
Stop What You're Doing and Read the Comic Advocating for Chelsea Manning
‘Suppressed Images’ documents DNA portraiture of Manning by artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg.
A Story from Roxane Gay's Upcoming Collection, 'Difficult Women'
A girl goes with her father to see his mistress regularly. When her father dies, she pays the mistress one last visit and learns something surprising.
A Terrible Confession About Brussels Sprouts
Welcome back to Stranger Than Flicktion, our Flickr-inspired fiction column. In today’s festive tale, we meet a narrator with an unforgivable Christmas secret.
'Meta,' a Short Story by Charles Bock
A woman whose wife is dying in the hospital meditates on the meaning of life.
'Undergrad'
The narrator recounts six brushes with rape in college. In short troubling episodes, he describes things he heard and victims he met—both accuser and accused.