ISSUE No. 506
The Daring Life of Philippa Cook the Rogue
"The Daring Life of Philippa Cook," from Manywhere by Morgan Thomas, recommended by Meredith Talusan
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My Slut Shaming Ghost Can Go to Hell
"Here Preached His Last," from Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby, recommended by Rachel Yoder
Jan 19 - Gwen E. Kirby
RR Issue No. 505
A Notebook is No Place To Keep a Secret
"Kenji's Notebook," an excerpt of Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho, recommended by Aimee Bender
Jan 12 - Jean Chen Ho
RR Issue No. 504
The Thin Line Between a Drill and an Emergency
"Lockdown" by Mark Jacquemain, recommended by Electric Literature
Jan 5 - Mark Jacquemain
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ISSUE No. 204
The Best Sex Takes Three Loads of Laundry
"Lint," flash fiction by Nathan Alling Long
Jan 24 - Nathan Alling Long
Good Boys and Girls Look Away from Death
"Elegy with New England Roadkill" and "Photo Op at Antelope Canyon," two poems by Sarah Ghazal Ali
Jan 17 - Sarah Ghazal Ali
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Mami’s Gone, Let’s Ditch the Babysitter
rosie the robot, flash fiction by aureleo sans
Jan 10 - aureleo sans
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This Nice Ghost Can Make All My Decisions
Three poems by Emily Hockaday
Jan 3 - Emily Hockaday
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The Best Sex Takes Three Loads of Laundry
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Jan 26 - Morgan Thomas
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The Great Silence
Oct 12 - Ted Chiang
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The School
Dec 31 - Donald Barthelme
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To Be Young and in Love and Stranded in the Snow
"Córdoba" by Stuart Dybek, recommended by Electric Literature
Dec 29 - Stuart Dybek
RR Issue No. 502
Grandma Craves More Than Fast Food
"Filet-O-Fish," a short story by K-Ming Chang
Dec 27 - K-Ming Chang
Fiction
Everyone’s Christmas Present is Burning Resentment
"Charity" by Cara Blue Adams, recommended by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Dec 22 - Cara Blue Adams
RR Issue No. 501
No One Was Exploited in the Production of this Space Tea
"Extrasolar Teas Box," prose by Francis Bass and illustrations by Leanne Renee
Dec 20 - Francis Bass
Graphic Narrative
An Obsessive Unpacks a Bewildering Insult
"Fish (in 13 sections)" by Eric Ozawa, recommended by Kristopher Jansma
Dec 15 - Eric Ozawa
RR Issue No. 500
I’ve Been Looking Everywhere for Me
Two poems by Shira Erlichman
Dec 13 - Shira Erlichman
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