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An Anonymous Girl

Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

"As I stare at the laptop in the unnaturally quiet classroom, I feel kind of anxious."


Here and Now and Then

Mike Chen

"“You made it.” The man reached over for a handshake."


The Liar’s Room

Simon Lelic

"The pregnancy, which was horrendous. Not like before. Not like the first time. Somehow with Emily everything was different."


Wanderer

Sarah Leon, translated by John Cullen

"The first days passed in silence and intense cold. No stove, no fireplace was able to relieve the dampness in the dwelling or heat it sufficiently."


Tear It Down

Nick Petrie

"Coyo had found them an old four-door Buick Skylark, janky as hell with the maroon paint faded and peeling off the hood and roof."


No Sunscreen For The Dead

Tim Dorsey

"Late one night in the state’s largest retirement community, a sixty-eight-year-old woman and her younger boyfriend were arrested for having public sex in the town square."


Last Woman Standing

Amy Gentry

"It was him. Aaron Neely was at the judge's table."


The Paragon Hotel

Lyndsay Faye

" We can’t let her die alone on a train platform," Max bites out. "Someone hurt her, bad. I can’t tell if it’s lady troubles or—"


She Lies in Wait

Gytha Lodge

"Jonah nodded. He hadn’t needed confirmation, but it was official now. It was Aurora."


Invisible

Andrew Grant

" All around me people were diving for cover, shrieking, crying, covering their heads with their arms, or trying to run for the exits. But for some reason the mayhem didn’t affect me the same way."



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