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Photograph by Kathleen McNamara.

In the time between his first submission to the Review, in February of last year, and the publication of his short story “Lil Spooky” in our new

Photo by Claire Carusillo.

June 12, 2026

Our shop is in an old service station in a charming alpine town nestled within Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. Here’s the oomph of it: Avery, the only person who works here besides Galen and me, sells coffee in a waiting room we’ve converted into a bar. In the first garage ...

Courtesy of The Jonestown Institute at San Diego State University, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the outset there seemed to be little my...

Courtesy of Max Callimanopulos.

The first one thousand fans through the gates of the Aqueduct Racetrack on the last Sunday of June received a commemorative vial of track dirt. I arrived too late to claim mine, but I spotted several as I walked out to the grandstand. A few old men clutched them tightly while watching the races. Others used...

Courtesy of Ottessa Moshfegh.

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