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The Fiction Issue 2010

Cheaters

Cheaters
Johnny Ryan
12.1.10
The Fiction Issue 2010

I’m Worried About My Anxiety

I had lost my shoes; I had to leave immediately, my students were waiting; my assistant already had the exams in their hands; class started at 9:00 and, I saw on my alarm clock, it was 9:15, now 9:16.
Clancy Martin
Clancy Martin, Jim Krewson
12.1.10
The Fiction Issue 2010

The Sisters Brothers

I was sitting outside the Commodore’s mansion, waiting for my brother Charlie to come out with news of the job. It was threatening to snow and I was cold and for want of something to do I studied Charlie’s new horse Nimble. My new horse was called Tub.
Patrick DeWitt
12.1.10
The Fiction Issue 2010

Charles Burns

The author and artist behind uncannily creepy comic books like Black Hole, Big Baby, and Skin Deep. In his work, he’s created a world that feels like an eerie parallel to those of David Lynch and some of Lovecraft.
Sammy Harkham
12.1.10
The Fiction Issue 2010

Mary Karr

Karr handles gruesome experiences with such compassion, charm, lyricism, vividness, and mordant comedy that the work transcends mere horror story or freak show. Her storytelling melds scrappy Texas slang with poetic precision and is totally addictive.
David Jacob Kramer, Richard Kern
12.1.10
The Fiction Issue 2010

Seven Andy Capp Variations

Images courtesy of the artist, STANDARD (OSLO), and Air de Paris. Watch for a book of Torbjørn’s Andy Capps coming this winter from Hassla Books
Torbjørn Rødland
12.1.10
The Fiction Issue 2010

Employees Of The Month

Time and pot.
VICE Staff
12.1.10
The Fiction Issue 2010

Writers

Icons and their images.
Gisèle Freund
12.1.10
The Fiction Issue 2010

Two Stories

Gina Berriault was not just a writer’s writer. She was a writer’s writer’s writer’s writer.
Gina Berriault
12.1.10
The Fiction Issue 2010

The Welcher

A box of Man Is the Bastard CDs named Dennis was riding a bicycle down the street. At the intersection, he ran into his old friend, a stainless-steel industrial sink named Hans. "Well, fancy meeting you here," said Hans.
Sam McPheeters
12.1.10
The Fiction Issue 2010

The London Skate Scene

The summer passed in waves of gnarly violence. Bombs started going off in town almost every single week. There were seven in Zone One in July. Sometimes suicide bombs, sometimes car bombs, sometimes bombs left in a bin or a bag.
Stuart Hammond
12.1.10
The Fiction Issue 2010

Janus

“Well, that wasn’t too bad,” David West muttered as he put the car in gear and pulled out onto the high seacoast road. He was speaking, more or less, to his wife, Vivian, beside him, concerning the ease with which they had just passed the Ventimiglia...
Terry Southern
12.1.10
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