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READ AN EXCERPT Excerpt from “Ten Penny”From The Seven Stages of Anger and Other Stories by Wendy J. FoxWinner of the 2014 Press 53 Award …

READ AN EXCERPT Damian and Amelia had four meetings with production companies who wanted to option the book. The first three studios all pitched different …

READ AN EXCERPT In the back of the house there is a corner room that does not open onto the lush and well-tended garden. Its …

READ AN EXCERPT We never go dancing anymore—a common complaint among couples who’d been together a while. She and James hadn’t gone back to the …

READ AN EXCERPT We are in a boat but there’s no captain, no crew of any kind. I do know bow and stern and starboard …

READ AN EXCERPT I was kissing her again, and when I opened my eyes her eyes were wide open. She looked beautiful and frail: the …

READ AN EXCERPT “Your profile said you moved down here recently,” he said. “How’s it going so far? I’ve been here for twenty years myself.”  …

READ AN EXCERPT If trees could talk, you said. If they could tell us what they saw. But if you didn’t want to talk about …

A Dramatic Journey to the Past That Changes the Course of the Future Skyler Haines is a bitter teenager who suffers from depression as a …

Jacob Appel Is a Master at Balancing Contrasts   In the eight short stories that make up Amazing Things Are Happening Here, Jacob M. Appel’s …