Topic “Fiction”

The Understudy

Writer Timothy Tau

You tell people that you are a serious actor. That even though you have the range to tackle comic roles, that you excel at the dramatic. You feel justified in telling people this because as you sit on the...

By: Timothy Tau | Posted: Sun, Nov 13th- 1:57pm | Under: Fiction, Issue 24: Survival

The Big One

We were going at it for three days. Water. Beer. Fruit. Matthew’s weekend — he’s a waiter — is Sunday through Wednesday. And, on Sunday, at 4:20 sharp, we super-sized mimosas while he closed out his brunch shift, picked up a six of the latest...

By: Evelyn Manangan... | Posted: Mon, Oct 31st- 9:14pm | Under: fiction, love, sex, short story, Fiction, Issue 23: Bittersweet

Annie Hall, Annie Hall

Another Saturday night, another night of revelry.

By: Wakako Yamauchi | Posted: Thu, May 19th- 11:18pm | Under: Fiction, Fiction, Issue 22: Throwback

Pilgrims (What Is Lost and You Cannot Regain)

A Sri Lankan immigrant’s poignant story of anguish and reconciliation is the winner of the 2010 Asian American Short Story Contest.

By: Sunil Yapa | Posted: Mon, Dec 20th- 10:27pm | Under: Fiction, Issue 21: New Legacy, Immigration

Abducted by Aliens!

My brother was only 21 when he returned and began telling my family these stories. My father was extremely disturbed and wouldn’t permit me near my brother at first, as I was a newborn at the end of the war, and my father had some...

By: Claire Light | Posted: Tue, Aug 24th- 9:11am | Under: Issue 20: Inside/Out, Fiction, History, Immigration

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