Longer short stories, published biweekly
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A Short Interview w/ Sarp Sozdinler
A couple quick notes up top:
- As we’ve noted in our last couple of interviews, for the rest of 2026, we are experimenting with making these author interviews available to all, for free (for a couple of weeks, until the next one publish...
“Bad Samaritans” by Sarp Sozdinler
Like his last story on the site (“The People Who Live Inside”), “Bad Samaritans” spotlights Sozdinler’s ability to capture small town America and (some of) the people who call it home. Every character, every car, every street in town, every...
A Short Interview w/ Michael O’Brien
Bonus material for O’Brien’s story, “Labyrinth” published on 8/25.
NOTE: We mentioned this with our last interview, but for the rest of 2026, we are experimenting with making these author interviews available to all, for free, rather than...
“Labyrinth” by Michael O'Brien
Aaron looped me in on this story and asked for thoughts, and it was a real quick yes from me. The way this story of a troubled marriage unfolds was mesmerizing, and there are so many lines that hit like a gut punch. The POV is so intimate,...
A Short Interview w/ Nathan Holic
Bonus material for Nathan's short story comic, “Lake of the Gulfs” published on 8/11.
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