Tagged summer fiction

First, Lilo Creighton arrived, about ten years before the famous guest. Lilo was white-blonde, bronzed and German, and quite athletic. She was often seen sprinting around town like she was trying to outrun...

This story originally appeared in and is re-published with gratitude from The Common.   We bought Detroit because even after buying ourselves new houses and cars, $253 million in lottery winnings...

This story originally appeared on The Common. Copyright © 2015 by Lori Ostlund. From the forthcoming book After the Parade by Lori Ostlund to be published by Scribner, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc....

Tomorrow didn’t ask me what was, what will be my life. Nicole Brossard, Intimate Journal 1. She was loathe to admit, but she dreaded the lake.             Instead, what compelled her: their...

The mighty hippopotamus spends up to 16 hours a day immersed in water—and, in summer, we at Hippo love water, too: Reclining beside it with a book in hand. Floating in it, dreaming dreams of great reads to...