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Susan Steinberg

2021 American Short(er) Fiction Prize

by The Editors | November 23, 2020

2021 American Short(er) Fiction Prize

Please Note: The 2021 Short(er) Fiction Prize is now closed for submissions.  *We're extending the deadline until February 15, 2021! Good Luck!* We are thrilled to announce that Susan Steinberg, author of three remarkable story collections—The End of Free Love, Hydroplane, and Spectacle—and Machine: A Novel (read a beautiful ASF-published excerpt, "Killers," here), will judge our 2021 American Short(er) Fiction Prize. The prize recognizes extraordinary short fiction under 1,000 words. The … [Read more...] about 2021 American Short(er) Fiction Prize

Filed Under: NOTEBOOK Tagged With: American Short Fiction, American Short(er) Fiction Prize, Contest, Flash Fiction, Susan Steinberg

ISSUE 69

by ASF Editors | November 23, 2020

ISSUE 69

Karl Taro Greenfeld, “Tragic Flaw” “She had decided, early in tenth grade, that she would not be found wanting academically, and so goodbye DKNY slacks and Calvin Klein tops, Stella McCartney blouses and Balenciaga shoes, and from that point on, it was sweats and flip-flops, her body perpetually banished beneath layers of soft cotton, her outfits interchangeable, her style indistinguishable from any of six dozen other girls all striving in Pacific Point High School AP classes and desperately … [Read more...] about ISSUE 69

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Brandon Taylor, Cara Blue Adams, Issue 69, Karl Taro Greenfeld, Kirstin Allio, Lauren A. Green, Lydia Conklin, Meg Pinto, Summer 2019, Susan Steinberg, Will Johnson

Killers

by Susan Steinberg | July 31, 2019

Killers

the water is deeper than it looks; and we’re not the worst swimmers, but it’s dark; we tend not to swim at night; no, we tend not to swim at night with guys; we all knew of the girl who drowned; she sank like a stone, they said; she was showing off that night, they said; the guys all said; tonight, it’s guys we meet at the boathouse; they’re here for the end of summer; they’re beautiful in a polished way; but we’re beautiful in that polished way; we look out across the water; we whisper … [Read more...] about Killers

Filed Under: NOTEBOOK, WEB EXCLUSIVES Tagged With: Boys, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Girls, Graywolf, Online Fiction, Sex, short fiction, Short Stories, Susan Steinberg, violence, Web Exclusive

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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.

You can preview the issue here.

NEWS

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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