ISSUE No. 725
A Visit to Our Meanest Relative Can Only End in Tears
“Nuts” by Katie Schorr, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
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A Goat Farmer Is Only as Vulnerable as Her Goats
An excerpt from SURRENDER by Jennifer Acker, recommended by Ben Shattuck
Apr 6 - Jennifer Acker
RR Issue No. 724
I Wish It Wasn’t My Job to Ask You About Jelly
An excerpt from MOUNT VERITY by Therese Bohman, translated and recommended by Marlaine Delargy
Mar 30 - Therese Bohman
RR Issue No. 723
This Famous Writer Is Ruining Her Writing
“Fictions” by Anna Hogeland, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
Mar 23 - Anna Hogeland
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ISSUE No. 419
Hairballs Are My Love Language
"A Hairy Style" and "Stem of Thorns," flash fiction by Maya Miller
Apr 15 - Maya Miller
Nothing Says Closure Like Being Robbed
“The Person Who Lives Here Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” flash fiction by Ben Daggers
Apr 8 - Ben Daggers
Prose
My Skeleton Thinks It’s Better Off Alone
“Debone,” flash fiction by Caitlin Campbell
Apr 1 - Caitlin Campbell
Prose
I May Be a Snake But I’ll Never Become Your Purse
Three anagram poems by Jia-Rui Cook
Mar 25 - Jia-Rui Cook
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A Visit to Our Meanest Relative Can Only End in Tears
Apr 13 - Katie Schorr
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The Great Silence
Oct 12 - Ted Chiang
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A Goat Farmer Is Only as Vulnerable as Her Goats
Apr 6 - Jennifer Acker
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How Many Emails Does It Take To Not Apologize?
May 9 - Lynn Coady
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My Lust Will Melt All the Snow in Antarctica
“Steam,” flash fiction by Jean-Luke Swanepoel
Feb 4 - Jean-Luke Swanepoel
Prose
The Childhood Friend I Abandoned Is Trying to Save Me
“That Unfamiliar Night” from WITH THE HEART OF A GHOST by Lim Sunwoo, translated and recommended by Chi-Young Kim
Feb 2 - Lim Sunwoo
RR Issue No. 715
Trauma Bonding at the Five-Year Reunion
Two poems by Sarah Chin
Jan 28 - Sarah Chin
poetry
A Friendship Spanning Bombay Prep Schools and Connecticut Strip Malls
An excerpt from EVERY HAPPINESS by Reena Shah, recommended by Sindya Bhanoo
Jan 26 - Reena Shah
RR Issue No. 714
A Genius Can Always Get Their Hands on a Violin
“Prodigies,” flash fiction by Drue Denmon
Jan 21 - Drue Denmon
Prose
Do Not Think About Death or Blowjobs
“Sixteen Hours in Iceland” by Laurie Marhoefer, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Jan 19 - Laurie Marhoefer
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