Fiction

Three Fates

Makes me feel better about the world, knowing it was always thus.

Wagers I've Lost

Life as an NFL player is a series of risks. Really had a good feeling about these bets, though.

L’Étranger

Life with a disagreeable new flatmate and some unwanted visitors. An excerpt from the new short story collection Wallflowers.

A Little Girl Like You

From the ongoing series Tabloid Fiction—in which an author chooses from the trashiest, most lurid, or just bizarre stories of the moment and writes a short story inspired by same.

|| Illustration by Lola Landekic
Where It Is I Come to Pray

From the ongoing series Tabloid Fiction—in which an author chooses from the trashiest, most lurid, or just bizarre stories of the moment and writes a short story inspired by same.

||Pelé at the 1970 World Cup.
The Feint

An excerpt from The Feint, originally published in Brazil as O Drible. An ailing 80-year-old sports columnist tries to build bridges with his estranged son, while remembering the golden age of Brazilian football. Translated by Lisa Shaw.

|| Illustration by Lola Landekic
A Watch in the Night

From the ongoing series Tabloid Fiction—in which an author chooses from the trashiest, most lurid, or just bizarre stories of the moment and writes a short story inspired by same.

||Lola Landekic
Non Stop Beautiful Ladies

From the ongoing series Tabloid Fiction—in which an author chooses from the trashiest, most lurid, or just bizarre stories of the moment and writes a short story inspired by same.

||Via AP/John DiGiacomo
Two-Man Luge: A Love Story

On the occasion of the 2014 Winter Olympics, we present this excerpt from Claire Battershill's forthcoming collection of short fiction, Circus. The story of one man's life in luge.

||Lola Landekic
Butterflies Are Free to Die

From the ongoing series Tabloid Fiction—in which an author chooses from the trashiest, most lurid, or just bizarre stories of the moment and writes a short story inspired by same.