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Awake to the World: Talking with Tyler Barton

  • Kate Finegan
  • November 22, 2021
Tyler Barton discusses his new story collection, ETERNAL NIGHT AT THE NATURE MUSEUM.
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Startling Juxtapositions: Pilot Impostor by James Hannaham

  • Bradley Bazzle
  • November 12, 2021
Hannaham reserves his most vivifying language for planes and crashes.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: shadowman

  • jj peña
  • November 10, 2021
he lives in closets, stalks young kids, & takes them in the middle of the night.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Meg Pokrass

  • Audra Kerr Brown
  • June 17, 2021
“The book is about the complicated problem of loving.”
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Two Flash Fictions by Andrea Passwater

  • Andrea Passwater
  • October 30, 2019
Could scars be daughters? The hands don’t understand why I am asking this.
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What Turns Up: A Conversation with Peg Alford Pursell

  • Kate Milliken
  • July 8, 2019
Peg Alford Pursell discusses her new story collection, A GIRL GOES INTO THE FOREST.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Fictions by Rebecca Hannigan

  • Rebecca Hannigan
  • February 13, 2019
Imagine a man looking at the artist looking at the art at the party.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Three Excerpts from Tiny Crimes

  • The Rumpus
  • May 21, 2018
Three exclusive excerpts from the anthology Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder, forthcoming on June 5!
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Playing God: A Conversation with Daniel Olivas

  • David Nilsen
  • January 12, 2018
Daniel Olivas discusses his recent short story collection, The King of Lighting Fixtures, writing humor, and the role of religion in his work.
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Publishing on Coffee Sleeves

  • Victor Luo
  • January 7, 2016
Artmaking is a particularly human occupation. It deserves celebrating in small and big ways. Following the trend of microfiction on Chipotle bags and short story vending machines, a new endeavor from…
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It’s the Lil Things

  • Roxie Pell
  • March 31, 2015
Illustrator Evan Lorenzen has successfully created the cutest book you’ll ever read. Titled Life’s Lil Pleasures, the wee volume enumerates universally pleasant experiences like “eating cereal out of your enemy’s…
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Less Is More

  • Brian Beglin
  • August 16, 2010
The stories in Mary Hamilton’s very, very short collection are vivid, surreal, experimental, funny, and emotionally devastating.
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