Rumpus Original Fiction: The Next Unicorn
My job was to help people suspend disbelief.
...moreMy job was to help people suspend disbelief.
...more“I think about loss as echoes or circular structures.”
...moreElle Nash discusses her new short story collection, NUDES.
...moreIt’d been a while since I’d spent time in a body.
...moreTe-Ping Chen discusses her debut story collection, LAND OF BIG NUMBERS.
...moreDantiel W. Moniz discusses her debut story collection, MILK BLOOD HEAT.
...moreThe ground trembles, setting his flesh and bones vibrating.
...moreShe wanted more, but couldn’t fathom releasing what she already had.
...moreEverything old felt far away; everything new felt exhilarating.
...moreDeesha Philyaw discusses her debut story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
...moreTo be a woman in this world is to be adopted by other women.
...moreCaroline Kim discusses her debut collection, THE PRINCE OF MOURNFUL THOUGHTS AND OTHER STORIES.
...moreBeth Alvarado discusses her new story collection, JILLIAN IN THE BORDERLANDS.
...moreBefore they were married, they met in a photograph.
...moreIt was strange what the nudity did to us—what the nakedness undid.
...moreThat was when she realized: the ticking was coming from inside herself.
...moreC. Kubasta discusses her new collection, ABJECTIFICATION: STORIES & TRUTHS.
...moreThe hit below the belt worked. A jab like that was the quickest way to protect one’s denial.
...moreJenny Bhatt discusses her debut story collection, EACH OF US KILLERS.
...moreTara Isabel Zambrano discusses DEATH, DESIRE, AND OTHER DESTINATIONS.
...moreIt took them almost two weeks to walk to Seoul, such was their pace.
...moreMegan Cummins discusses her debut story collection, IF THE BODY ALLOWS IT.
...morePretend you are Austen. Enact an Austen novel. And what will happen?
...moreI had to admit that for a businessman, he was flexible.
...moreA block away from my house, Reina killed herself.
...moreLeah Hampton discusses her debut collection, F*CKFACE AND OTHER STORIES.
...moreBut in that same instant, as she turned, his smile froze.
...moreThe horror of violence is not assuaged by announcing it quickly.
...more“I’m interested in beautiful events that are wrong.”
...moreWhen Ashleigh Bryant Phillips lets loose, she can shock.
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