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'Love Stories' by Ottessa Moshfegh
Power oscillates between a man and woman who are trying to make something happen, but can never quite get there.
This Martini Drinker Has Some Secrets to Share
Welcome back to Stranger Than Flicktion, our Flickr-inspired fiction column. Today we meet a martini drinker with a few things to get off her chest.
'Knives': New Fiction by Paul Maliszewski
His girlfriend had said they needed to talk. It was just like you hear about: the quote-unquote talk.
The Origins of an Impostor: JT LeRoy's First Story
Read the first story written by the pseudonymous author who scandalized the literary establishment.
Read This New Short Story, 'The Situations,' from Writer Joyce Carol Oates
In this short piece of fiction from one of America's most prolific writers, we head out on a drive with a family who finds three kittens on the side of the road.
This App Brings Personalized Augmented Reality Fashion to Your Phone
Design studio N O R M A L S made an app that allows you to wear your Tweets.
'The Yellow River': Fiction by Jake Hooker
In this debut short story, a journalist, a photographer, and an interpreter travel through western China, and come across the ritual of minghun: marriage after death.
Author Ottessa Moshfegh on Phoniness, Power, and Aligning Yourself with 'Rich White People'
We caught up with the author to talk about her new novel and how she sees her popularity as similar to how people like cronuts.
'The Rape Of Dina' by Gabriel Krauze
An original short story about murder, revenge and the supernatural on a London estate.
Earth's Most Customer-Centric Company
A former Amazon employee-turned author and editor imagines the future of work at the Company—the sprawling megacorps where the elusive Customer is always #1.
The Silver Spiders
New fiction from London-based VICE contributor and 'poignancy magnate' (not his words), Johnny White.
A Short Story About Costumes, Sex, and Lying to Businessmen
'The Surrogate,' by Ottessa Moshfegh