Rumpus Original Fiction: Habitat
The airless bubble expanding over their yard now included him. He could hardly breathe.
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Posts Tagged: short stories
Writing and Making: A Conversation with Kristen Arnett
Kristen Arnett discusses her new novel, MOSTLY DEAD THINGS.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Forty-Six
Waiting to turn forty-six is like standing in the unrelenting sunshine.
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Telling a Good Story: A Conversation with Lisa Lenzo
Lisa Lenzo discusses her new story collection, UNBLINKING.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Fictions by Niyah Morris
The lasso was a gaping mouth that opened wide enough, we hoped, to swallow the cloud.
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Making Space at the Center: Talking with Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Kali Fajardo-Anstine discusses her debut story collection, SABRINA & CORINA.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Infatuation
Until it is awkward. Until it is disturbing. Until she cracks.
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Galaxies in Houston: A Conversation with Bryan Washington
Bryan Washington discusses his debut story collection, LOT.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #167: Josh Denslow
“It was a relief to be out of the confines of scriptwriting. I was having fun again.”
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No-Man’s Land: A Conversation with Angela Mitchell
Angela Mitchell discusses her debut collection, UNNATURAL HABITATS & OTHER STORIES.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Fictions by Rebecca Hannigan
Imagine a man looking at the artist looking at the art at the party.
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We’re All Just Making It Up: Talking with Steve Hughes
Steve Hughes discusses his debut story collection, STIFF.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Flap
A flap to determine entry, or deny it. A flap whose failure determines choking.
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Radical Freedom: Talking with Chaya Bhuvaneswar
Chaya Bhuvaneswar discusses her debut story collection, WHITE DANCING ELEPHANTS.
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Transformations: A Conversation with Genevieve Hudson
Genevieve Hudson discusses her debut story collection, PRETEND WE LIVE HERE.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #158: Paige Cooper
“The leaps that fill in the gaps between ideas are the best thing about reading.”
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Rumpus Original Fiction: An Other Man
This is a carousel that never slows to a point where you can board gracefully.
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A Healing Exploration: Micah Perks’s True Love and Other Dreams of Miraculous Escape
Stories are the miracle, and the escape, promised by the book’s title.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #155: Bonnie Chau
“There’s always the thought that there’s more, there’s something else, something more than this.”
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Myths and Mothers: A Conversation with Daisy Johnson
Daisy Johnson discusses EVERYTHING UNDER.
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Writing in Earnest: Talking with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah discusses FRIDAY BLACK.
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All Tied Up and Slipping Away: Talking with Micah Perks
Micah Perks discusses TRUE LOVE AND OTHER MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.
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In the Spirit of Curiosity: Talking with Jamel Brinkley
Jamel Brinkley discusses his debut story collection, A LUCKY MAN.
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Rumpus Exclusive: The Intro to PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2018
But there is freedom and possibility in not knowing.
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What to Read When You Want Short Stories
A list of books to celebrate the release of the forthcoming anthology, Everyday People: The Color of Life!
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Fidelity to Deep Emotion: Lauren Groff’s Florida
The sentence is Groff’s most fertile ground.
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What We’re Reading in August!
Find out what The Rumpus Book Club is reading in August!
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Thrown Off Balance: Talking with Malinda McCollum
Malinda McCollum discusses her debut story collection, THE SURPRISING PLACE.
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Any Day Now: A Conversation with Anjali Sachdeva
Anjali Sachdeva discusses her debut story collection, ALL THE NAMES THEY USED FOR GOD.
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Brain Soup and Making Things: A Conversation with Rita Bullwinkel
Rita Bullwinkel discusses her debut story collection, Belly Up, the foolishness of writing, and what went into the making of her first book.
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