ISSUE No. 747
This Anonymous Caller Is Not a Metaphor for Her Despair
“Going Up” from OUT OF BODY by Chris Vanjonack, recommended by Weston Morrow
Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading is your ultimate source for the best in contemporary fiction, including short stories and novel excerpts from today’s most dynamic voices.
Visit Recommended Reading
The Barn Manager’s Grief Is Hotter Than Foreplay
An excerpt from THE LONELY GIRL'S VEGETABLE PATCH by Genevieve Plunkett, recommended by Kimberly King Parsons
Sep 7 - Genevieve Plunkett
RR Issue No. 746
His Daughter’s Poetry Is His Midlife Crisis
“Phillip Whitney” by Anna Reeser, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
Aug 31 - Anna Reeser
RR Issue No. 745
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
RR Issue No. 744
The Commuter
Poetry, flash, graphic, or experimental narrative arriving every Wednesday morning.
Visit The Commuter
ISSUE No. 441
My Dead Husband Still Wants the Last Word
"The Bone Hermit," flash fiction by Lyndsey Croal
Sep 16 - Lyndsey Croal
When It Gets Hot the Block Gets Loud
Two poems by Birch Wiley
Sep 9 - Birch Wiley
poetry
A Frozen Bird Too Beautiful to Bury
Three prose poems by Mike Bove
Sep 2 - Mike Bove
poetry
Every Parent Needs a Tub of Their Own
“Cabin for Four in High Sierra” flash fiction by Jae Towle Vieira, from THIRTY CABINS
Aug 26 - Jae Towle Vieira
Prose
POPULAR in RECOMMENDED READING & THE COMMUTER
Lit Mags
This Anonymous Caller Is Not a Metaphor for Her Despair
Sep 14 - Chris Vanjonack
Lit Mags
The Great Silence
Oct 12 - Ted Chiang
Lit Mags
Bettering Myself
May 15 - Ottessa Moshfegh
Lit Mags
The School
Dec 31 - Donald Barthelme
More Issues
The Policeman Finds Me Guilty of Joy
Two poems by Oladosu Michael Emerald
Jun 17 - Oladosu Michael Emerald
poetry
A Long-Lost Mother’s Embrace Is an Obliterative Fate
“The Ominous Shaft” by Marlena Williams, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
Jun 15 - Marlena Williams
RR Issue No. 734
I Store My Demons Next to the Pickled Beets
"Ball Jar Demon," flash fiction by Kyle Winkler
Jun 10 - Kyle Winkler
Prose
My Boyfriend Is a Wounded Animal I Want to Save
“Porcupine” from BABY IN A BOX by Sarah Braunstein, recommended by Antoine Wilson
Jun 8 - Sarah Braunstein
RR Issue No. 733
A Serial Killer Walks Into a Bookstore
“The Last Reader” from STORYKNIFE by Jess Row
Jun 3 - Jess Row
Prose
Every Creature in the Galapagos Has a Mate Except Me
An excerpt from FANCY MEETING YOU by Louise Marburg, recommended by Elinor Lipman
Jun 1 - Louise Marburg
RR Issue No. 732
