Works Progress
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Life During Wartime
We here at Works Progress couldn’t resist a story with an intercepted landlord letter on the first page. Enjoy this taut and lyrical journey, Sun Tzu and rain and all.
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On Fridays, we hear a rhythmic thumping that stays thr...
Dreams
We come to you just a few days after a new baseball season has begun with Tommy Vollman’s “Dreams,” a story for anyone who’s ever run their fingers over the seams of a ball and felt they had the world in their hands. May good contact be p...
The Rembrandt
We’re really thrilled to have this excellent party story from Emily Neuberger. When the second wife of a billionaire invites you to a place with a wraparound terrace, you go. See what you see…
Happy almost spring,
The Editors
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Helping Dolores Die
What starts as a campus drama ends with much higher stakes than tenure or a paper in Acta Mathematica. We’re excited to welcome Claude Clayton Smith back to Works Progress—he’s always worth your time.
Happy February,
The Editor...
Xmas Eve
This special edition of Works Progress comes to you a few days early this month with Casey Wiley’s timely “Xmas Eve,” a frigidly poignant story about an amateur wrestler’s trek through his Christmasified neighborhood in search of a little...
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