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105 Riparian Lane by Peter Orner (1.0)
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3rds a charm by Christopher Bullock (1.0)
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56 Water Street by Damion Searls (1.0)
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7000 Romaine, Los Angeles 38 by Joan Didion (1.0)
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93990 by George Saunders (1.0)
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A Basket Full of Wallpaper by Colum McCann (1.0)
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A Basket Full of Wallpaper by Colum McCann (1.0)
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A Brief Autobiography in Palindromes by Jimmy Chen (1.0)
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A Circle in the Fire by Flannery O'Connor (1.0)
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A Continuity of Parks by Julio Cortázar (1.0)
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A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka (1.0)
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A Dramatic Classic Leap by Diane Williams (1.0)
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A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor (1.0)
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A Good Story by Rick Moody (1.0)
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A Guide to San Francisco by Damion Searls (1.0)
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A House in Our Arms BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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A Late Encounter With the Enemy by Flannery O'Connor (1.0)
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A Perfect Day for Bananafish by Jd Salinger (1.0)
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A Stroke of Good Fortune by Flannery O'Connor (1.0)
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A Temple of the Holy Ghost by Flannery O'Connor (1.0)
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A Thousand Groans by Diane Williams (1.0)
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A Word in Edgewise by Colum McCann (1.0)
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A&p by John Updike (1.0)
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Accountant, Vessel of Notice BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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adams by George Saunders (1.0)
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Admiral of the Swiss Navy by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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Affection by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Afterworld by Anthony Doerr (1.0)
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Aggressive Glass and Mirrors by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Air Trance 16 BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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AL Roosten by George Saunders (1.0)
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Alameda County by Daniel Alarcón (1.0)
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Alarm by Roy Jacobsen (1.0)
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All New by Diane Williams (1.0)
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All That by David Foster Wallace (1.0)
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Alone by Yiyun Li (1.0)
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Along the Riverwall by Colum McCann (1.0)
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Amber at the Window in Hurricane Season BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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Another Pioneer by David Foster Wallace (1.0)
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Another Star by Ingvar Ambjornsen (1.0)
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Aperture by Robin Camille Davis (1.0)
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Appetite by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh (1.0)
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Arm, in Biology BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Around the Bend and Back Again by Colum McCann (1.0)
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AS HE WALKED TO WORK BY ALEC BRYAN (1.0)
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Ash by Roddy Doyle (1.0)
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Automobile, Watchdog BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Awakening by Thomas Sullivan (1.0)
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Baby Flourishes by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Baby Leg by Brian Evenson (1.0)
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Baptizing the Gun by Uwem Akpan (1.0)
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Beautiful Game by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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Benny by Jon Raymond (1.0)
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Beverly Home by Denis Johnson (1.0)
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BINS BY MIGUEL MORALES (1.0)
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Bird to the North, Act of Wind BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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bohemians by George Saunders (1.0)
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brad carrigan, american by George Saunders (1.0)
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Breakfast for Enrique by Colum McCann (1.0)
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Brian, Treated to a Delicate Meal BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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California Dreaming by Joan Didion (1.0)
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Car Crash While Hitchhiking by Denis Johnson (3.0)
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Cathal's Lake by Colum McCann (1.0)
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Check Out Boy by Nicole Monaghan (1.0)
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christmas by George Saunders (1.0)
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Circle of Willis BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Clean by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Closer by ALANA NOEL VOTH (1.0)
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commcomm by George Saunders (1.0)
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Comrade Laski, C.P.U.S.A. (M.-L.) by Joan Didion (1.0)
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Continuous Winter, in Law BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Conversations With Girls by Sean Casey (1.0)
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Cremains by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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Crevice by Tasha Coryell & Michelle Gerber (1.0)
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Cutting and Dressing by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Dangeresque by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Dates at the Airport by Pam Zhang (1.0)
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Diary of an Interesting Year by Helen Simpson (1.0)
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Died BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Dinner Party by Robin Camille Davis (1.0)
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Dirty Wedding by Denis Johnson (1.0)
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Distance by Daniel Romo (1.0)
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Do You Know Jesus Christ? by Lauren Becker (1.0)
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Does This Look Familiar? by Daniel Handler (1.0)
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Dog Days of Summer by Thomas Sullivan (1.0)
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Dog, Mode of Heat Transfer in Barking BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Doodia by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Dundun by Denis Johnson (1.0)
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Eat the Deep Too! by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Edgemont Drive by E.L. Doctorow (1.0)
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Eero by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Emergency by Denis Johnson (1.0)
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Ergo, Ice Pick by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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Escape from Spiderhead by George Saunders (1.0)
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Estrellas y Rascacielos BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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Everybody's Syrup by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Everyone Else by Antoine Wilson (1.0)
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Excerpt from the Ravickians by Renee Gladman (1.0)
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Exporting the Inner Man BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Family by Jensen Beach (1.0)
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Fathering by Gary Lutz (1.0)
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Fear: Four Examples by Gordon Lish (1.0)
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Finding Myself BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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First Green BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Fishing the Sloe-Black River by Colum McCann (1.0)
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Fjord of Killary by Kevin Barry (1.0)
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Flap, Wire, and Name BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Flower by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Food Storms of the Original Brother BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Foster by Claire Keegan (1.0)
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON BY PETER KISPERT (1.0)
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From Many, One by Colum McCann (1.0)
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G-D BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Get Right by Robin Camille Davis (1.0)
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Girl by Joseph Young (1.0)
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Go Down Swinging BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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Goldenchain by Damion Searls (1.0)
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Good Country People by Flannery O'Connor (1.0)
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Good Old Neon by David Foster Wallace (1.0)
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Goodbye to All That by Joan Didion (1.0)
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Great Experiment by by Jeffrey Eugenides (1.0)
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Guaymas, Sonora by Joan Didion (1.0)
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Half-Life of Walter in the American Areas BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Hands by Brian Miller (1.0)
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Handy-Dandy by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Happy Hour by Denis Johnson (1.0)
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Her Leg by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Hidden Ball Inside a Song BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Hidden Food, from Above BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Him With His Foot in His Mouth by Saul Bellow (1.0)
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His Sister, Her Monologue by Hilton Als (1.0)
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Home by George Saunders (1.0)
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Horoscope by Tasha Coryell & Michelle Gerber (1.0)
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Horse, Distinct Category BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Hotel Echo by Samantha Hunt (1.0)
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Humiliation by Brian Evenson (2.0)
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I CAN SPEAK!tm by George Saunders (1.0)
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I Can't Get That Monster Out of My Mind by Joan Didion (1.0)
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I Hope You Will Be More Tip-Top by Diane Williams (1.0)
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I Was Very Hungry! by Diane Williams (1.0)
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I'm Slavering by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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I.D. by Joyce Carol Oates (1.0)
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If X > Fire BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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IN HANDS BY TIM RAYMOND (1.0)
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In My Heart I Am Already Gone BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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in persuasion nation by George Saunders (1.0)
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In the Fall, a New Unknown by David Peak (1.0)
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In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka (1.0)
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Incarnations of Burned Children by David Foster Wallace (1.0)
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Indianapolis (Highway 74) by Sam Shepard (1.0)
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Inspiring One by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Intercourse with Resuscitated Wife by Ben Marcus (1.0)
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Interlude Xxiv by Tor Ulven (1.0)
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IS IT A COMEDY? IS IT A TRAGEDY? by THOMAS BERNHARD (1.0)
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January by Robin Camille Davis (1.0)
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Jessamine, Ewing, Erastus, and Keane by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Jewels Flashing in the Night of Time BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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Jewish Folktale by Diane Williams (1.0)
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John Wayne: a Love Song by Joan Didion (1.0)
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jon by George Saunders (1.0)
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Just Before the Black by James Franco (1.0)
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La Vita Nuova by Allegra Goodman (1.0)
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Landing on Floating Island of the Gods BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Leg of Brother Who Died Early BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Lenny Hearts Eunice by GARY SHTEYNGART (1.0)
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Less Tar by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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Letters from the Academy by Tom Barbash (1.0)
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Like a Tiger in a Cage by Per Petterson (1.0)
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Like the Locked Antlers by Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis (1.0)
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Lily Alexander by Matt Weiss (1.0)
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Local by Roddy Doyle (1.0)
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Loophole by Johan Harstad (1.0)
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Los Angeles Notebook by Joan Didion (1.0)
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Lucky by Denis Johnson (1.0)
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Marrying Absurd by Joan Didion (1.0)
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Mayfly by Ben Rogers (1.0)
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MEN ON ROCKS BY NEILA MEZYNSKI (1.0)
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Midnight in Dostoevsky by Don Delillo (1.0)
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Miss Smith by William Trevor (1.0)
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Mr. Calvin's Last Letter to Earline by Stephanie Barber (1.0)
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Mr. Squishy by David Foster Wallace (1.0)
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Mrs. Jones by Jen Gann (1.0)
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Mudder Tongue by Brian Evenson (1.0)
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my amendment by George Saunders (1.0)
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my flamboyant grandson by George Saunders (1.0)
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My Highest Mental Achievement (1.0)
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My Life, for Promotional Use Only by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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New Shoes by Jon Raymond (1.0)
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Notes from a Native Daughter by Joan Didion (1.0)
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Oblivion by David Foster Wallace (1.0)
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Old Joy by Jon Raymond (1.0)
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Old Man, Young Girl by Jonathan Ames (1.0)
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Old Soul by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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On an Old Farmstead in Europe by Hans Herbjornsrud (1.0)
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On Going Home by Joan Didion (1.0)
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On Keeping a Notebook by Joan Didion (1.0)
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On Morality by Joan Didion (1.0)
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On Self-Respect by Joan Didion (1.0)
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On Sexual Strength by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Opening the Closing Mouth of the Woman by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Other Rash by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Out in the Open by Laila Stein (1.0)
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Out on Bail by Denis Johnson (1.0)
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Outline for a City BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Overcast by Robin Camille Davis (1.0)
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PASSPORT BY DEB OLIN UNFERTH (1.0)
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Pastoralia by George Saunders (1.0)
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Phantoms by Steven Millhauser (1.0)
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Phrase Book by Rick Moody (1.0)
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Pip Adrift by Rick Moody (1.0)
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Probe to the Negative by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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Pumpkins by Francine Prose (1.0)
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Pussy by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Questions of Epistemology by Sam Rasnake (1.0)
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Raw Water by Wells Tower (1.0)
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Reading Kafka by Eric Bennett (1.0)
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Really, Really, Really by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Rice by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Rock of Ages by Joan Didion (1.0)
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Safari by Jennifer Egan (1.0)
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Satisfying, Exciting, Superb by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Sea Oak by George Saunders (1.0)
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SEVERAL MINUTES OF DEATH AND TAXES by P.H. Madore (1.0)
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She Began by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Sight to Be Seen by Kaela Myers (1.0)
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Silence Implies the Desire BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Sisters by Colum McCann (1.0)
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Sky Destroys Dog by Ben Marcus (1.0)
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Slight Rebellion Off Madison by Jd Salinger (1.0)
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (1.0)
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Slut Whore by Cami Park (1.0)
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Small World by Frode Grytten (1.0)
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Snoring, Accidental Speech by Ben Marcus (1.0)
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Snowgirl by Robin Camille Davis (1.0)
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Soak by Peter Ho Davies (1.0)
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Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream by Joan Didion (1.0)
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Some Say in Ice by Corrie Tan (1.0)
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Somewhere I Have Heart This Before BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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Steady Hands at Seattle General by Denis Johnson (1.0)
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Step We Gaily, On We Go by Colum McCann (1.0)
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Stolen Child by Colum McCann (1.0)
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Sweet by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Swimming, Strictly an Inscription BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Telling Maybelline Jones by Cami Park (1.0)
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Tennessee BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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Tetris BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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The Actor's House by David Means (1.0)
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The Animal Husband BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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The Apocalypse Commentary of Bob Paisner by Rick Moody (1.0)
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The Artificial Nigger by Flannery O'Connor (1.0)
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The Ballad of Reading Milton by Wes Anderson (1.0)
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The Christian Roommates by John Updike (1.0)
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The Circumcision by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The Coast by Jon Raymond (1.0)
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The Courage of a Woman by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The Cubicles by Damion Searls (1.0)
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The Death of Water BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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The Dinahs by Ashley Pankratz (1.0)
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The Displaced Person by Flannery O'Connor (1.0)
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The Dog by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The Drowned Giant by J.G. Ballard (1.0)
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The Drury Girl by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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The Easiest Way of Having by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The End of Firpo in the World by George Saunders (1.0)
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The Enemy in House Culture BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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The Facts About Telling Character by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The Falling Girl by Dino Buzzati (1.0)
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The Food Costumes of Montana BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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The Fourth by Joe Stracci (1.0)
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The Geranium by Flannery O'Connor (1.0)
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The Ghost of Johnny Slick by Jessica Bentz (1.0)
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The Glam Bird by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The Glory of Keys by Patrick Crerand (1.0)
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The Golden Monica BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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The Good Man by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The Grid by Rick Moody (1.0)
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The Happiest I've Been by John Updike (1.0)
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The James Dean Garage Band by Rick Moody (1.0)
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The Jealousy of Angels BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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The King Emperor by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The Knocking by David Means (1.0)
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The Lesser Passage Room by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The Life of Any Cook by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Flannery O'Connor (1.0)
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The Limits of the World (1.0)
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The Man by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The Morgue Rollers by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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The New Life BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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The Other Man by Denis Johnson (1.0)
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The Philadelphia Story by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The Preliminary Notes by Rick Moody (1.0)
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The Professional Sasquatch by Tao Lin (1.0)
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The Pura Principle by Junot Diaz (1.0)
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the red bow by George Saunders (1.0)
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The Religion BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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The Rememberer by Aimee Bender (1.0)
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The Ring Stuck on by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The River by Flannery O'Connor (1.0)
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The Seacoast of Despair by Joan Didion (1.0)
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The Shawl by Louise Erdrich (1.0)
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The Soul is Not a Smithy by David Foster Wallace (1.0)
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The Spectrum by ANDRE BABYN (1.0)
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The Suckling Pig by Jon Raymond (1.0)
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The Suffering Channel by David Foster Wallace (1.0)
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The Town, the Country, the Ocean by Anuj Ganopadhyaya (1.0)
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The Tree Line, Kansas, 1934 by David Means (1.0)
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The Use of Poetry by Ian McEwan (1.0)
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The Weather Killer BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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The Widow and the Hamburger by Diane Williams (1.0)
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The Wind by Jon Raymond (1.0)
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The Wreck of the Bevery B by T. Coraghessan Boyle (1.0)
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The Wrong Arm by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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The Young Painters by Nicole Krauss (1.0)
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Those Blenches Gave My Heart by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Through the Field by Colum McCann (1.0)
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Time-Consuming Striking Combinations by Diane Williams (1.0)
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To Squeeze Water by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Torquemada by Sam Lipsyte (1.0)
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Trailhead by E.O. Wilson (1.0)
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Train Choir by Jon Raymond (1.0)
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Treatment by Rick Moody (1.0)
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Turning by Diane Williams (1.0)
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Twenty Questions by Bridget Clerkin (1.0)
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Twister by Rick Moody (1.0)
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Two by Two by Gunnhild Oyehaug (1.0)
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Two Men by Denis Johnson (1.0)
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Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut by Jd Salinger (1.0)
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Untitled by Joshua Ferris (1.0)
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Views from the First House BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Vintage Models by Alexandra Isacson (1.0)
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Viva Mesopotamia by Nathaniel Minton (1.0)
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We Cannot Cross the River by Jensen Beach (1.0)
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We Did Division in a Concrete Room by Blake Butler (1.0)
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Weekend Away BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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Welder, Cessation of All Life BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Well, Well, Well, Well, Well by Diane Williams (1.0)
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What Kind of Day Did You Have? by Saul Bellow (1.0)
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WHAT THE HOUSE WENT FOR BY MIGUEL MORALES (1.0)
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What Was Once All Yours BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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Where Birds Have Destroyed the Surface BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Where the Kissing Never Stops by Joan Didion (1.0)
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While the Women Are Sleeping by Javier Marías (1.0)
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Whistle Through Your Teeth and Spit BY JUSTIN TAYLOR (1.0)
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Wiggle Room by David Foster Wallace (1.0)
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William Burns by Roberto Bolaño (1.0)
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Windeye by Brian Evenson (1.0)
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Windowers by Cami Park (1.0)
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Winky by George Saunders (1.0)
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Words and Things (1.0)
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Work by Denis Johnson (1.0)
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Works from the War Between Houses and Wind BY BEN MARCUS (1.0)
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Young Bodies by Jon Raymond (1.0)
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Your Biggest Fan by Mona Awad (1.0)
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Zetland: by a Character Witness (1.0)