Fiction
Fiction
“You Don’t Live Here” by Krista Diamond
19 April 2019 on FictionI’m hunched over a trash can at South Station, vomiting out pools of blue Gatorade, when Mason Riley appears for the first time in years. The milky light streams through...
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“Fixtures” by Elliot Greiner
15 March 2019 on FictionBen was the first one I buried, followed by Jane, and then Sam. Good rats all. Days later I found out it was the avocado that did it, same as...
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“Luggage” by Erin Jamieson
08 February 2019 on FictionAugust Compton entered the world a handsome baby: flushed, chubby cheeks; lively hazel eyes; wisps of chestnut hair. He cooed while the nurse swaddled and cleaned him, sighed as he...
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“Cloudbringer” by Tess Allard
07 December 2018 on FictionKate is sixteen, willowy, freckled. Her calico dress is hemmed for a girl an inch shorter. She is standing in the dusty square and watching the man with the rain...
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“Love Drugs” by Nathan Elias
02 November 2018 on FictionGray would take the pill and stop loving his wife forever. Down the hatch, sleep it off, and wake up without the same fervent, relentless, crippling heartache. That was the brand...
Storystorm
Why We Love Our Favorite Short Stories
05 October 2018 on Blog, Fiction, StorystormI’ll never forget the first time I read “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. My tenth-grade English teacher passed around a Tupperware container filled with folded squares of loose leaf—one piece...
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“No Fireworks Tonight” by Annie Schoonover
28 September 2018 on FictionOnce, in a fit of rage, Megan Kennedy cut off all of her daughter’s hair. They had less than an hour before they had to leave for Carrie Mullen’s birthday...
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“Wild Animals” by David Braga
20 April 2018 on Blog, FictionThe last time I saw Allison Moore, there was a cougar loose in our town. This happened from time to time. Every couple of years, a cat would come down...
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“All Them Saints” by Kim Bussing
16 March 2018 on FictionAs a dressmaker’s daughter, she should have known the risk of a bad seam. Rosemary had grown watching her father in his workshop, his couturier’s fingers finding piousness in velvet,...
The Writer's Hot Seat
The Writer’s Hot Seat: Alice McDermott
09 March 2018 on Blog, Fiction, The Writer's Hot SeatNational Book Award Winning author and UNH alumna Alice McDermott recently visited University of New Hampshire as part of UNH’S Department of English Writers Series. Enshrined in the glow of...
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“A Single Red Feather” by Jacqueline Guidry
09 February 2018 on FictionLee pulled up her shade. Workers in bright orange vests scurried around the plane, their movements impressively purposeful, though she had no idea what they were doing. She’d never flown...
Storystorm
What do we look for in fiction submissions?
09 February 2018 on Fiction, StorystormBarnstorm’s fiction readers have varied reading tastes and interests, but they share a common passion for stories. Recently, they weighed in on what they look for as they read fiction...
