ISSUE No. 733
My Boyfriend Is a Wounded Animal I Want to Save
“Porcupine” from BABY IN A BOX by Sarah Braunstein, recommended by Antoine Wilson
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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
The Girl We Locked in the Trunk Is Very High Maintenance
“Driving Through Pennsylvania” by Mack Gelber, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
May 25 - Mack Gelber
RR Issue No. 731
You Should Know I Found a Dead Body
An excerpt from ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, recommended by Kimberly Campanello
May 18 - Aea Varfis-van Warmelo
RR Issue No. 730
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ISSUE No. 427
I Store My Demons Next to the Pickled Beets
"Ball Jar Demon," flash fiction by Kyle Winkler
Jun 10 - Kyle Winkler
A Serial Killer Walks Into a Bookstore
“The Last Reader” from STORYKNIFE by Jess Row
Jun 3 - Jess Row
Prose
Angel, Those Wings Look Ridiculous on You
Two poems by Timi Sanni
May 27 - Timi Sanni
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A Side of Metamorphosis With Your Coffee, Hon?
"The Flamingo Café" by Laurie Lathem, winner of the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
May 20 - Laurie Lathem
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Aug 17 - Rion Amilcar Scott
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Dec 31 - Donald Barthelme
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Jun 10 - Kyle Winkler
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How to Bury Your Shape-Shifting Mother
“The Old Higue's Son,” flash fiction by Renesha Dhanraj
Feb 18 - Renesha Dhanraj
Prose
My Wife Pays Me and I Pay the Nanny
“Feeders” from HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD by Oliver Munday, recommended by Andrew Ridker
Feb 16 - Oliver Munday
RR Issue No. 717
Nothing Is Wrong and That’s Terrifying
Two poems by Evan Wang
Feb 11 - Evan Wang
poetry
Writing in Notebooks Is My New Personality
“Notebooks” by Imogen Clarke, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
Feb 9 - Imogen Clarke
RR Issue No. 716
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
