Dear lovely reader,When this gorgeous collection hits the shelves, F(r)iction will be celebrating its first birthday. One year ago, the very first issue popped off the printer, a weird beast full of strange art and stranger stories.Back then, we held that shiny red issue in our hands, and we didn’t care how many people told us it…

Several chapters into 2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas, a jazz ensemble steps onto the stage. They proclaim themselves to be a Cuban band, straight off the plane, gracing this stage for one night only. They are not. They are locals, American men dressed in baggy Cuban shirts, fake accents pressed through dirty microphones.The audience does not…

Dear lovely reader,When we decided to start this new imprint, we were driven by one idea: we wanted to publish the very best stories, regardless of form, genre, or medium. No matter how controversial, we wouldn’t just publish literary fiction; we’d publish the daring stuff, the works that would otherwise fall through the cracks. We…

It’s a fascinating statement, and one that makes more sense when the world has ended. It “guides Emily St. John Mandel’s powerful new novel, Station Eleven, in which the end of the world is employed as a backdrop for a more interesting story about humanity. This is where Mandel’s story begins: society has ended, but life goes…

Dear lovely reader,Like all great literature, F(r)iction was born out of conflict.In the fall of 2014, my desk was covered with new journals and anthologies, stacks upon stacks of the prose and poetry garnering critical acclaim from the literary world. I was ready to devour the best short-form literature the year had to offer.Two hours later, I…