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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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
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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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“Paul's Tomb,” flash fiction by Will VanDenBerg
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His Sex Addiction Is Proof of Free Will
“Love of Fate” by Rafael Frumkin, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
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Oral Sex Is the Only Honest Prayer
Two poems by Andrea Jurjević
Oct 29 - Andrea Jurjević
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The Version of the Story the Adults Won’t Tell Her
“The Request” from THE UNREPENTANT by Sharmini Aphrodite, recommended by Preeta Samarasan
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She Stole My Heart and My Favorite Toe
“Darling, Darling,” flash fiction by Riddhi Dastidar
Oct 22 - Riddhi Dastidar
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