Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for Sex with Strangers
An exclusive look at the cover of Michael Lowenthal’s forthcoming story collection, SEX WITH STRANGERS.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Excerpts from Execute the Office
I am standing at the entrance to American History.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Dear G.B.”
There are many ways to be ripped to shreds.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Dirty Little Secrets”
They were alone, and in his apartment, but not in the way he’d imagined it to be.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for How to Love the World
An exclusive look at the cover of the forthcoming anthology, HOW TO LOVE THE WORLD.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Chop Money”
Mal’ Atta attacked with a slew of sensory assaults.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for Up All Night
An exclusive look at the cover of the forthcoming anthology, UP ALL NIGHT.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “A Kind of Fairy Tale”
Happiness never seemed to linger. She often wondered why.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Fingers”
Once an area was designated, it was off limits.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for Libertie
An exclusive look at the cover of Kaitlyn Greenidge’s forthcoming novel, LIBERTIE.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for Who’s Your Daddy
An exclusive look at the cover of Arisa White’s forthcoming collection, WHO’S YOUR DADDY.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Seoul”
It took them almost two weeks to walk to Seoul, such was their pace.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Sacred Stories”
All anyone really wants is to be seen and heard, and yet we avoid seeing and hearing others every day.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Flight of the Businessman”
I had to admit that for a businessman, he was flexible.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Neither Wicked Witch nor Fairy Godmother”
[W]hat was going wrong? Why were our stories not being written or published?
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Kirabo Visits the Witch”
The moment presented itself at dusk the following day.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for At the Edge of the Haight
An exclusive look at the cover of the forthcoming novel, AT THE EDGE OF THE HAIGHT.
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Rumpus Exclusive: The Intro to Best Debut Short Stories 2020
There is a kind of candor that feels exciting, current.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Warning Bell”
“You are so sexy,” he said. I met his gaze. And the warning bell rang.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Brave Is a Decision”
I’d crossed a line and owned a new secret life. There was no going back.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Crumbs of Life”
I understand this impulse to tighten and make resistant.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Beautiful Dead”
It was personal, as the detectives on my favorite shows always said.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Ada Bloom Finds the Windmill”
Ada followed her song deeper into the bush, until the windmill loomed up before her.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Lisbon, the Truncated City”
Our love of the superfluous is helpful in better understanding ourselves.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Giant Possums of the Promised Land”
La vida es dura, Tata always said. Life is hard, girlfriend.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Lover to Lover”
It’s the atmosphere. The temperature. What lies between thee and me.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “We Were Alive”
They say she bathed in our blood.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for Odes to Lithium
Shira Erlichman discusses creating the cover of her forthcoming debut, ODES TO LITHIUM, plus an exclusive first look!
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