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Excerpt: What Would Hugh Hefner Say About Sex In The Afterlife?

Posted 05.15.2012

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The following is an excerpt from "Chicago Stories" by Michael Czyzniejewski [Curbside Splendor, $14.99], a collection of humorous, fictional tales "na...

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The Weirdest Stories Of The Century

Ann VanderMeer | Posted 05.11.2012

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Ann VanderMeer

Of course, "weird" covers a gamut from the subtle weird to the more outré--and we encountered lots of the weirder material in compiling the anthology. So here, without further preamble, are thirteen of the weirdest stories from the past century.

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The Book We're Talking About This Week

Posted 03.20.2012

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"Birds of a Lesser Paradise" by Megan Mayhew Berhman Scribner, $24.00 Published on March 6, 2012 What is it about? Vermont native Megan Ma...

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Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature

Posted 05.25.2011

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Poet, author, and screenwriter Barry Gifford has been called the master of the dark side of American reality. His stories take star-crossed, sex-drive...

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