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short stories

White cat laying on the ground with its hand over its mouth.

Why everyone’s talking about ‘Cat Person,’ the most relatable short story of 2017

The fictional short story was relatable to many women.

On Dec 11, 2017 by Tiffany Kelly

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A word with @GuyInYourMFA, Twitter’s most insufferable writer

'I want every 24-year-old white man reading my work to see himself in my stories.'

On Jun 15, 2015 by Nathan Pensky

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R.L. Stine haunts Twitter with 14-tweet short story

The king of teen screams flexes with a tweet-turning tale about... a sandwich.

On Oct 29, 2014 by Ramon Ramirez

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‘Cloud Atlas’ author David Mitchell unveils new short story on Twitter

He joins Jennifer Egan, Neil Gaiman, Teju Cole, and other high-profile novelists in experimenting off the page.

On Jul 14, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Was I a teenage sexual predator?

It's a balmy Louisiana night in 1975, and I'm 14 years old.

On Jun 4, 2014 by [email protected]

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George Saunders’s Chipotle fiction: An exclusive first look

The prize-winning author's work will soon be featured on fast food packaging.

On May 16, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Teju Cole’s retweets create an instant work of literature

The acclaimed writer invents a whole new narrative technique.

On Jan 8, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Swedish Academy livetweets attempts to reach Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro

Maybe the Academy should have texted.

On Oct 10, 2013 by Miles Klee

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