Shank Generation

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Bereft of language, youths will express themselves with a knife, a fist, or a gun.

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The Cool Dad

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“Yeah dudes, me and the boy were tight. I didn’t worry about what was going on with him. It seemed to me he was just a cool kid, having a good time.”

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The Isle of Khería

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An excerpt from Robert Cabot’s new novel, The Isle of Kherîa.

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Study for the New Fictional Science

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“After all, Peter Parker became Spiderman by accident. Bruce Banner made the best of his terrible growth spurts and temper spasms. You, too, can turn trouble around and become a small god.” By Amber Sparks

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First Look: KINO, by Jürgen Fauth

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They’d been back for three days now and the marriage was off to a rocky start. The reception had been a disaster, the honeymoon was ruined, and Mina was beginning to resent the long hours at the hospital. This was not how she had envisioned her new life.

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First Look: MY ONLY WIFE, by Jac Jemc

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This excerpt and the mounting advance praise for Jac Jemc’s My Only Wife has me excited for April 10th. “Ten years ago the narrator unlocked the door of a wrecked apartment, empty of any trace of his wife. As stunning as her disappearance is his response. He freezes on the facts of her, haunting his recollections. [...]

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Mike Meginnis is doing something you will love. It’s called, EXITS ARE. He’s recreating those old text adventures (think Apple IIe), in real time, with authors of note. Remember: “Exits are… (N, S, W, E)”?

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Crows Eat Well

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“The day I get out on parole, Toby picks me up in Kingston. He’s two hours late.” — Andrew F. Sullivan lets us into the dark parts of his soul.

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Sustainable Practices

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“The whole world’s going broke, and it’s because we’re importing water”—he glared at her—“from Tahiti. But whatever makes you happy, baby.” By Vanessa Blakeslee

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First Look: FORGOTTEN COUNTRY, by Catherine Chung

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A first look at the novel, FORGOTTEN COUNTRY, by Catherine Chung, out March 1 from Riverhead Books.

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Two from HARD TO SAY, by Ethel Rohan

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“An Irish daughter struggles with her relationship with her mother, who drinks, beats, goes blind, loses her sanity. The stories in this aptly titled book are relentless, full of terror, frighteningly true. Ethel Rohan’s rhythms will get inside you.” —Matt Salesses, Good Men Project Fiction Editor

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Paradise Is a Place with Plenty of Music

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“She ground her pelvis against John’s thigh and sang ‘I Wanna Sex You Up’ with a mouthful of toothpaste. And when he frowned down at her, she only laughed harder.” By Heidi Bell

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Asperger’s: A Chronology, an excerpt from FATHERMUCKER

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“Roland has invented a game. He pokes you in the eye with his index finger, Three Stooges’ style, and yells, ‘Boook!’” By Greg Olear

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The Underwater Room

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“He slides his finger up the shaft to catch the trickle of red sap oozing down the damp inner skin of the bark, studies his finger, then shoves his hand into the crowd for them to see.

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Obama Appoints Kevin McCallister

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“Several unnamed White House officials have confirmed that President Obama has appointed fellow Chicagoan, Kevin McCallister, as Special Consultant to the Secret Service’s detail.” By Katharine Gingrich

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Cherry Tomatoes

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He looked at me, and I sensed trouble. Like he was checking my distance, like he might try and run off with you.

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