RYŪNOSUKE AKUTAGAWA (Ryan C.K. Choi, translation),
"Duck Hunting"
from The Yale Review
MELISSA AMSTUTZ, "Greetings From"
from Tin House
SUDHA BALAGOPAL, "Polka Dot Swimsuit"
from Necessary Fiction
JESSICA BARKSDALE, "Knock, Knock"
from matchbook
KRYS MALCOLM BELC, "Notes for My Body Double"
from New Delta Review
EMI BENN, "White Tigers"
from Gone Lawn
REBEKAH BERGMAN, "Compromise (Or, Things That Grow Small)"
from Cosmonauts Avenue
ELISE BLACKWELL, "Glass House"
from Necessary Fiction
LIZ BREEN, "The Woman on the Roof"
from Kenyon Review
DYLAN BROWN, "A-Side, B-Side"
from Gulf Coast
KIM CHINQUEE, "Psychiatrist"
from Jellyfish Review
MARISA CRANE, "No One Holds a Grudge Like a Crow"
from Okay Donkey
LEESA CROSS-SMITH, "Little Doves"
from The Offing
MEGAN PILLOW DAVIS, "We All Know About Margo"
from SmokeLong Quarterly
LEONORA DESAR, "Twelve"
from Passages North
EMILY DESURICK-BADRAN, "The Salesman"
from Tin House
NATHANIEL DUGGAN, "Imitation Crabmeat"
from X-R-A-Y