ISSUE No. 751
A Luxury Apartment in Manhattan Is No Safer Than a Kitchen in East Oakland
“Kitchen Barbarians” by Jason Kwon, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
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The Hottest Colony in the Empire Is Literal Hell
An excerpt from NOTES ON A COLONIAL SITUATION IN HELL by Robert G Penner, recommended by Jeremy M Davies
Oct 5 - Robert G Penner
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My Aunt’s Collection of Miniature Men Is Probably Not Harmless
“Aunt Yoanna” from LIVING IN FIRE by Antoine Volodine, recommended by Brian Evenson
Sep 28 - Antoine Volodine
RR Issue No. 749
He’s Less Obnoxious as a Falcon Than a Monk
“Zulum” from INSHALLAH, MADONNA, INSHALLAH by Miljenko Jergović, co-translated and recommended by Ellen Elias-Bursać
Sep 21 - Miljenko Jergović
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ISSUE No. 445
Field Guide to Predators in Their Natural Habitat
Two poems by James Allen Hall
Oct 14 - James Allen Hall
Nothing Says Apocalypse Like a Hampton Inn Parking Lot
Two poems by Erika Meitner
Oct 7 - Erika Meitner
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The Gaping Asshole in My Parents’ Front Yard
"Julia's Anus," flash fiction by Amy X Wang
Sep 30 - Amy X Wang
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Sometimes Grief Comes With Nude Polaroids
An excerpt from BASTARDS by Nate Lippens
Sep 23 - Nate Lippens
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“Cabin for Four in High Sierra” flash fiction by Jae Towle Vieira, from THIRTY CABINS
Aug 26 - Jae Towle Vieira
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Wealth Can’t Absolve the Families of the Disappeared
“Already Gone” from THOSE WHO VANISH by Patricia Grace King, recommended by Ben Davies Crisp
Aug 24 - Patricia Grace King
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People Who Live Near Glass Houses Shouldn’t Throw Shade
"Picture This," flash fiction by Whitney Collins
Aug 19 - Whitney Collins
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The Children of This Village Delight in Wildfire and Death
“Father's Feet” from THE CROSSING OF THE BOARS by Zhang Guixing, recommended by Brian Bernards
Aug 17 - Zhang Guixing
RR Issue No. 743
Even Good Boys Get a Little Bloody Sometimes
Two poems by Kate Stoltzfus
Aug 12 - Kate Stoltzfus
poetry
There’s a Better Version of Myself in These Woods
“Darkness Like a Seam” by Rebecca Turkewitz, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
Aug 10 - Rebecca Turkewitz
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