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last updated October, 2026
The Driver's Seat
Muriel Spark
I Could Be Famous: Stories
Sydney Rende
Hunchback
Saou Ichikawa
A House Is a Body
Shruti Swamy
Love Like That
Emma Duffy-Comparone
Girlfriends
Emily Zhou
Tricyclist
Joon Oluchi Lee
At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom
Amy Hempel
Sing to It
A Beautiful Lack of Consequence
Monika Radojevic
blush / river / fox (Multiverse)
Anna Nygren
Resonant Blue and Other Stories
Mary Vensel White
Small Cruelties: Stories from acclaimed author Joanna Acevedo
Joanna Acevedo
Near Flesh: Stories
Katherine Dunn
Patchwork Dolls
Ysabelle Cheung
Greyhounds
Emma Smith-Stevens
Now I’m Photogenic and Other Stories I Tell Myself
Jill Rosenberg
Cassandra Complex: 16 Myths From the Margins
Molly Llewellyn
The Man with Many Names: Stories
Georgi Gospodinov
All This Want (and I Can't Get None): Stories
T. Clark
Shut Up, I Love You, I'll Call You Tomorrow: Stories
Sloane Murphy
Swell
Bo-Mi Son
Desperate Bodies
Lydia Mathis
Please Don’t Touch the Body: Stories
Emily Doyle
You Can Vibe Me On My FemmePhone
Kamala Puligandla
Perverts
Mac Crane
The Memory Museum: Stories
M Lin
Garden
Hiroko Oyamada
Softie: Stories
Megan Howell
Sympathy for Wild Girls: Stories
Demree McGhee
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