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Porochista Khakpour

ISSUE 62

by ASF Editors | November 23, 2020

ISSUE 62

Porochista Khakpour, “Kingdoms” “Years after it happened, her rapist was trying to get in contact with her. In the same week her dog arrived. Lucy called the local Greyhound Rescue chapter months before. She had filled out an application promising that she would be able to walk it at least three times a day, that she would never let it off a leash, that she would feed it regularly, that she would return it immediately should she no longer be able to act as a capable owner. She had had a … [Read more...] about ISSUE 62

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Aaron Steven Miller, Issue 62, Kyle McCarthy, Leona Theis, Matt Bell, Porochista Khakpour, Smith Henderson, Summer 2016

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Issue 81

Guest-edited by Fernando A. Flores, featuring new stories by Yvette DeChavez, Julián Delgado Lopera, Carribean Fragoza, Alejandro Heredia, Carmen Maria Machado, Ruben Reyes Jr., and Gerardo Sámano Córdova.

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Read the winners of the 2024 Insider Prize

Read the winners of the 2024 Insider Prize

By ASF Editors

“Memories are a nuisance,” Peter wrote to one of our writers after reading his short story, “but nonetheless they seem to make us who we are, as this story confirms.” This year’s submissions told many stories burdened with memory, but just as many stared bravely into the face of hope, satirized the state of politics, speculated on the future of the world, or else built entirely new worlds to inhabit. In short, the stories written on the inside reflected the stories we wrote this year on the outside. Stories of human toil and dreams and everything in between.
 

Issue 81 is out now: guest-edited by Fernando A. Flores, with stories by Julián Delgado Lopera, Carmen Maria Machado, Ruben Reyes Jr., and more. Order yours today!

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