American Short Fiction

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Our spring issue is now available. In this issue, you'll meet a Chinese movie star and an Alaskan bestower of blessings. You'll get plunged into a love affair and an obsession with color. You'll go on a journey with a crew on the first submarine--back in the Civil War!-- and learn the intricacies of cell phone etiquette at a Houston charm school. With writing by Scott Blackwood, Amber Dermont, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Robin Lippincott, and Ethan Rutherford.

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SPRING AUTHORS SPEAK

Amber Dermont on vulgarity, gender studies, and what happens in the act of writing

Karl Taro Greenfeld on bribes, his first published fiction, and the "I Story"

Robin Lippincott on power dynamics, palettes, and keeping a low overhead

Ethan Rutherford on submarines, collective frustration, and writing every day