Navigating the space between stories puts us up for an immense challenge. We must seek the others to find hope and support when that which we love falls away, rediscover how to grieve for what we lose and praise what is lost, and learn how to remain alive in the face of death. To not resist being wholly taken by awe at the birth of spring, because ... See more

My family and I had no idea what was happening in the outside world, but we were able to guess what shape other parts of the country were in from looking at the changes around us. At school, the classrooms weren’t even half-full. Our homeroom teacher was nowhere to be seen, and the number of teachers who did stick around dropped to just four or fiv

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Now his body was laid out on a metal stretcher in a public hospital. A doctor told Bolbol, “People are dying in droves every single day. Be happy he managed to reach such an old age.” Bolbol wasn’t quite able to follow the doctor’s instructions to be cheerful at his father’s death, although he could grasp what was meant. He felt as though he were s

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“A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i” by Alaya Dawn Johnson

2014 Best Novelette

This is a vampire tale unlike anything else you’ve read.

It follows Key in a world where vampires have taken over. During the onset of the war, at 16 years old, Key discovers a vampire in her family’s shed. She could have killed him, but she didn’t. In turn, he could have k... See more