A perfect summer read: We are introduced to a woman on holiday in Athens who will soon be off to the Greek island of Paros. A character “finding herself” on such a glamorous vacation is a familiar trope. But Levy does not disappoint. Her plot line veers off immediately into surreal territory.
The Canon of Diversity – A Flash Fiction Essay
We’re not on steady ground all the time, nor should we be.
Pilfered in Flash Fiction
If I were a retail store...
A “Why You Should Read Sister Carrie” Flash Fiction
I know Sister Carrie, because Dreiser has allowed me to know her.
My Sad Dead by Mariana Enriquez
Mariana Enriquez has done something remarkable in this story, totally in line with the fabulist tradition in Latin American literature. She has created a second-order community of ghosts for this poor, benighted region. The social despair of the place manifests itself in ectoplasm.
Trust by Hernan Diaz
When we arrive at the third part of "Trust": "A Memoir, Remembered" by Ida Partenza, it felt like a glacier being cracked open.