Fiction
I Got a Lesson in Gender Equality at a Romance Writers' Conference
I'd promised my editor a funny piece about the people who write and read romantic fiction, but what I found wasn't a joke.
New Zealand Just Banned a Book for the First Time in 22 Years
'Into the River' has been banned because of its depiction of drug use and underage sex. But author Ted Dawe feels it's a worrying example of the power of the country's conservative agenda.
Fan Fiction Is the Sexual Education I Gave Myself
When I was 13, pretty much everything I knew about sex was from fan fiction. And from what I could tell, it was awesome.
Two Stories from ‘Mirages of the Mind’
You too must really think that I'm strange. If, through some miracle, I stop talking about prostitutes, then I start talking about good-looking young boys! Sir, what can I do? I can only tell the stories that these sinful eyes have seen.
Three Love Stories
"Have you done this before?" says the man in the hotel room. Before she can speak, taking his answer from her face, he says, "How many times?"
Five Very Short Stories by Diane Williams
Diane Williams is the author of seven story collections, most recently Vicky Swanky Is a Beauty. Read the five pieces of micro-fiction she wrote for VICE's latest fiction issue.
The Love Trip
When I was 19, I got a letter from Klaus Wouters. He worked as a handyman and music teacher at Silver Springs, a school for troubled kids in the San Gabriel Mountains. He knew (or guessed) I was still in Southern California.
'Soft Tagets,' by Christopher Bollen
Stefan didn't pay his half of the rent on time. It was like a game we played, or that he played and I was forced to go along with on the defensive.
A Short Story About Costumes, Sex, and Lying to Businessmen
'The Surrogate,' by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Air Marshal
I was shopping. I had decided it was stupid not to drink, and I drank when I shopped.
We Ate a Shit-Ton of Hummus with Israeli Short-Story Writer Etgar Keret
Israel's greatest vegetarian short-story writer was in New York City—and he was hungry.