Rumpus Original Fiction: The Next Unicorn
My job was to help people suspend disbelief.
...moreMy job was to help people suspend disbelief.
...moreGrief begs to be analogized, not to be tamed exactly, but somehow made approachable.
...moreIt’d been a while since I’d spent time in a body.
...moreEnjoy a cozy evening at home… and another one… and another one.
...moreWhere my masculinity dwells, I am in control.
...moreI exist in a field of landmines, never quite sure when one will go off or why.
...moreI lived there, suspended in the moment before I chose to move.
...moreEmily Hashimoto discusses her debut novel, A WORLD BETWEEN.
...moreThey were alone, and in his apartment, but not in the way he’d imagined it to be.
...moreEverything old felt far away; everything new felt exhilarating.
...moreDeesha Philyaw discusses her debut story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
...moreRachel Genn discusses her new novel, WHAT YOU COULD HAVE WON.
...moreMeredith Clark discusses her debut lyric memoir, LYREBIRD.
...moreThere is nothing I want more than a happy ending.
...moreBefore they were married, they met in a photograph.
...moreWho “owns” the English language?
...moreBryan Washington discusses his new novel, MEMORIAL.
...moreI always thought I was too smart to be one of those girls.
...moreThat was when she realized: the ticking was coming from inside herself.
...morePatsy’s imagined freedom in America, she discovers almost immediately, was an illusion.
...moreSuch distinguished hybridity joined us all, animal and human, in a lonely, exclusive tribe.
...moreThis, I learned, is what rawness tasted like. I wanted more.
...moreBut in that same instant, as she turned, his smile froze.
...moreCentral to Subduction is the question of cultural ownership, namely in story.
...moreHow had he seen me upon this initial meeting? How had I seen him?
...moreA young woman stays with her boyfriend’s parents. It will be her last visit.
...moreI still wonder what became of all those gentle cows.
...moreHe barks at Coco. Coco barks back.
...moreI’d love to prove that I can sell windows.
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