Fiction

From the ongoing series Tabloid Fiction—in which an author chooses from the trashiest, most lurid, or just bizarre stories of the moment and writes a short story inspired by same.

From the ongoing series Tabloid Fiction—in which an author chooses from the trashiest, most lurid, or just bizarre stories of the moment and writes a short story inspired by same.

On the occasion of the 2014 Winter Olympics, we present this excerpt from Claire Battershill's forthcoming collection of short fiction, Circus. The story of one man's life in luge.

From the ongoing series Tabloid Fiction—in which an author chooses from the trashiest, most lurid, or just bizarre stories of the moment and writes a short story inspired by same.

A woman shattered by the end of her marriage seeks temporary solace in a spa treatment—and finds the experience more therapeutic than she expected. Part of the series Household Gods, a collection of stories about our relationship to famous people and how celebrities infiltrate our private lives.

Through a haze of anesthetic, a patient on the operating table recognizes her surgeon's voice. Part of the series Household Gods, a collection of stories about our relationship to famous people and how celebrities infiltrate our private lives.

A famous scientist is reincarnated as a chimp, though neither he nor his grieving widow are equipped to recognize the truth.

This is our eighth installment of Tabloid Fiction, in which an author chooses from the trashiest, most lurid, or just bizarre stories of the moment and writes a short story inspired by same.

A fictional journal based on the Joni Mitchell song “Carey” from the 1971 album Blue. Part of the series Household Gods, a collection of stories about our relationship to famous people and how celebrities infiltrate our private lives.