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Lake House

—February 02, 2017

Lake House

Michael Powers

We retired, and we bought a house by a lake that none of our friends had ever heard of, in a town none of our friends had ever heard of, in a region of northern New York far from anything, where every … [READ MORE] about Lake House

The Key Bearer’s Parents

—January 03, 2017

The Key Bearer’s Parents

Siân Griffiths

https://soundcloud.com/americanshortfiction/sian-griffiths-the-key-bearers-parents We were good parents. We know people assume otherwise when they see our wide ties and honking red noses, but we … [READ MORE] about The Key Bearer’s Parents

The Cupcake Factory

—December 06, 2016

The Cupcake Factory

Merrill Feitell

https://soundcloud.com/americanshortfiction/the-cupcake-factory This is New Hampshire in winter, past midnight. The roads are clear, the houses dark, the sky a suffering orange-gray, fat with frost … [READ MORE] about The Cupcake Factory

America

—November 01, 2016

America

Erin McGraw

https://soundcloud.com/americanshortfiction/erin-mcgraw-america Mr. Bixby is showing us again how to do the lay-back. He says we're all too stiff, but what he means is that we're all too white. … [READ MORE] about America

Choose Your Own

—October 03, 2016

Choose Your Own

Jeanne Jones

  Section A You are sitting in the bedroom of a house that is inches away from the freeway. Cars whiz past at an alarming rate, and it seems to you that a minor slip of the steering wheel will … [READ MORE] about Choose Your Own

Lockwood

—September 04, 2016

Lockwood

Bryan Washington

https://soundcloud.com/americanshortfiction/bryan-washington-lockwood Roberto was brown and his people lived beside us, so of course I went over on weekends. They were full Mexican. That made us … [READ MORE] about Lockwood

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