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A Different Kind of Truth: On Reporting, Fiction, and Betraying the Facts

Riordan saw that the police station was wreathed in oily black smoke from the Molotov cocktails, below that a heaving mass of protesters chanting slogans, the roar of the crowd und...

“A Private View,” by Douglas Stuart

“Oh, not another story about me,” she cried. “Another book about how I was the world’s worst mother. I wish you could find something else to write about.”

A Bubbly Ambivalence. . .

New books by Roland Betancourt, Ananda Devi, Patrick Radden Keefe, Ben Lerner, Jay McInerney, Chelsey Minnis, and Francesc Tosquelles.

Short story winner of the $65K Ockham fiction prize

Elegant Dirty Diary Entry

New books by César Aira, Dylan Gottlieb, Xiao Hai, Maïa Hruska, and Missouri Williams.

SALON MAGAZINE: SUMMER 2026

Pitch Perfect Short Fiction

A Temporary Grace is up for giveaway until the end of May. Head to our giveaways page for your chance to win and to check out everything else up for offer. *****I’ve always loved s...

“Many Worlds,” by Ayşegül Savaş

Wasn’t it the case that all friendships involved some amount of attraction? It was the engine of curiosity, the mystery that propelled any relationship forward.

Daniyal Mueenuddin on the Uses, and Abuses, of Real Life

The novelist discusses works of fiction that draw from the people one knows—often, to controversial effect.

“Ordinary Wear and Tear,” by Thomas McGuane

She broke Carl’s heart, he thought, but she’s not breaking mine.

A Dystopia Falls (With a Little Help) in This Speculative Short Story

Read 'Sarah's Laugh' by Melissa A Watkins, courtesy of Lightspeed Magazine, right here on io9.

Bungakukai June 2026 Issue Features Yasutaka Tsutsui’s First Hard-Boiled Mystery

Sorry, this entry is only available in Japanese. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown belo […]

Alien Invasion in My Backyard / Deceptive Desserts

Issue No. 119

‘WRITER ZOO’

AN AUTHOR IN AN ENCLOSURE

The Song of the Sea | Ashmia Apuwatt | Fiction

  The wind was strong; with it came the sharp smell of the sea. It stung her nose. Beneath it lingered the smell of dead fish—something that Suli had learnt to tolerate since she m...

True Love with Three Olives and a Twist

The Martini Fairy Tell me a story, he said. A happy one. Your stories are always so sad.  It’s what I’m good at. Besides, it’s hard to write a happy story, I said. But I’ll try. Wh...

The Girl Who Stayed | Chisom Iheadiri | Fiction

  Night drapes itself over the city like a verdict. Slow. Certain. Watching. Some say the world only claims those who have run out of ways to wait. Those whose dreams stayed hungry...

Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #60

Featuring Liz Johnston, Jane Park, and Jacqueline Desforges

AyЕџegГјl SavaЕџ on Smugness and Creativity

The author discusses her story “Many Worlds.”

The Best International Fiction of May 2026

May brings a particularly solid crop of newly translated mysteries, thrillers, and horror fiction; I would also like to point out how nicely the covers match, and also how nice it...

The Bag He Left Me | Fatima Mustafa | Fiction

  The city had become a ghost of itself. Streets I once roamed with careless laughter were now empty avenues, the echoes of my own footsteps mixing with the distant rumble of armor...

рџ“љ Fluky and Kafkaesque

Five publishes and a bestselling author sue Meta over AI copyright infringement

Injection / Enormous Smallness

Issue No. 115

Valeria Luiselli Reads Julio Cortázar

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Night Face Up,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1967.