Fiction

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

• A Bromance of Bankers

  Murray took five careful years to craft "The Mark and the Void," which exceeds "Skippy Dies" in wit and vigor and is a more polished and mature work.

  Ben PaynterDec 16, 2015

  • Fiction

• Game of Tomes

  David Mitchell draws from a deep well of supernatural horror that has inspired writers from Henry James to Shirley Jackson.

  Anthony SchneiderDec 12, 2015

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  The David Mitchell Übernovel: Brian Finney Reviews “Slade House”

  Like all Mitchell's novels, "Slade House" belongs to the same Übernovel he has been constructing from the beginning while it remains a self-contained unit.

  Brian FinneyDec 5, 2015

  • Fiction

• Bolaño’s Teeth: Valeria Luiselli and the Renaissance of Mexican Literature

  "The Story of My Teeth" is a story of how art becomes a commodity, and a record of its own coming into being.

  Aaron BadyDec 4, 2015

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  I’m Where You Are: An Interview with Heather O’Neill

  I wrote the story because it was the only way I could possibly capture this idea in words. If it was something that I could explain, it wouldn't be a story.

  Christine Fischer GuyDec 2, 2015

  • Fiction

• He’s not laughing at you, he’s crying with you

  "Cries for Help" unfolds as a series of insane sprints across the dark side of the imagination.

  Agatha FrenchNov 30, 2015

  • Fiction

• A Strange Mind: An Interview with Orhan Pamuk

  The novel is about modern city life, and the characters may be poor, but they are very modern. Their problem is adjusting to the individuality of the city.

  Bruce RobbinsNov 29, 2015

  • Fiction

  • Literary Fiction

• Queer Kinship: Truman Capote’s Early Stories and the Queer Child

  Blueprints of the august, confident and delightfully acerbic writer-to-come.

  Eric NewmanNov 26, 2015

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  When Much Is at Stake: An Interview with Amina Gautier

  In "Now We Will Be Happy," both music and food perform political and cultural functions, operating in ways that culturally include and exclude characters.

  Jaquira DíazNov 25, 2015

  • Fiction

• Stories as Diagnosis

  Terrence Holt's stated goal is to give "a truthful account" of "what remained mysterious, and often troubling, about the process of becoming a doctor."

  Brian GittisNov 24, 2015

  • Fiction

  • Science & Technology

• Man-Eaters and Child-Nappers

  Man-Eaters and Child-Nappers.

  Madeleine LaRueNov 22, 2015

  • Fiction

  • Noir

• Ruined California

  "Gold Fame Citrus" seldom expresses a sense of nostalgia or elegy for a lost California.

  Nov 20, 2015

  • Fiction