New Fiction 2013

Short stories.

  • “Katania” by Lara Vapnyar
  • “The Unseeing Eye” by Hanan Al-Shaykh
  • “B. Traven Is Alive and Well in Cuernavaca” by Rudolfo A. Anaya
  • “Dancing Girls” by Margaret Atwood
  • “Bad Dreams” by Tessa Hadley
  • “Within a Grove” by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
  • “Find the Bad Guy” by Jeffrey Euginedes
  • “Hands” by Sherwood Anderson
  • “Kilifi Creek” by Lionel Shriver
  • “Two Sisters” by Ama Ata Aidoo
  • “The Late Novels of Gene Hackman” by Rivka Galchen
  • “The Kugelmass Episode” by Woody Allen
  • “All Ahead of Them” by Tobias Wolff
  • “Girls at War” by Chinua Achebe
  • “And of Clay Are We Created” by Isabel Allende
  • “Roadkill” Romesh Gunesekera
  • “Benji” by Chinelo Okparanta
  • “From a Farther Room” by David Gilbert
  • “The Breeze” by Joshua Ferris
  • “Marjorie Lemke” by Sarah Braunstein
  • “We Didn’t Like Him” by Akhil Sharma
  • “Valentine” by Tessa Hadley
  • “Kattekopen” by Will Mackin
  • “Checking Out” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • “Blues Roses” by Frances Hwang
  • “By Fire” Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • “Experience” by Tessa Hadley
  • “The Heron” by Dorthe Nors
  • “The Casserole” by Thomas McGuane
  • “Birnam Wood” by T. Coraghessan Boyle
  • “The Embassy of Cambodia” by Zadie Smith
  • “The Gray Goose” by Jonathan Lethem
  • “Mexican Manifesto” by Roberto Bolaño
  • “Art Appreciation” by Fiona McFarlane
  • “The Colonel’s Daughter” by Robert Coover
  • “Stars” by Thomas McGuane
  • “Mastiff” by Joyce Carol Oates
  • “Collectors” by Daniel Alarcón
  • “The Dark Arts” by Ben Marcus
  • “Paranoia” by Shirley Jackson
  • “Victory” by Yu Hua
  • “The Fragments” by Joshua Ferris
  • “Meet the President” by Zadie Smith

Video games.

  • The Cave by Double Fine Productions and Sega
  • Call of Juarez: Gunslinger by Techland and Ubisoft
  • The Last of Us by Naughty Dog and Sony
  • Tomb Raider by Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix
  • King of the Hill by Flying Tiger Entertainment and Fox
  • The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy Land by G5 Entertainment, Alex Mauer, and EA
  • The Simpsons Game for Nintedo DS by Amaze Entertainment and EA
  • Hotline Miami by Dennaton Interactive
  • RoboCop vs. The Terminator by Virgin Games
  • The Simpsons Arcadefor iOS by IronMonkey Studios and EA

Novels.

  • The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
  • The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
  • Tampa by Alissa Nutting
  • A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig

Movies.

  • 12 Years a Slave
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Television.

  • Breaking Bad
  • Californication
  • Dexter

New Fiction 2013

Short stories.

  • “Katania” by Lara Vapnyar
  • “The Unseeing Eye” by Hanan Al-Shaykh
  • “B. Traven Is Alive and Well in Cuernavaca” by Rudolfo A. Anaya
  • “Dancing Girls” by Margaret Atwood
  • “Bad Dreams” by Tessa Hadley
  • “Within a Grove” by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
  • “Find the Bad Guy” by Jeffrey Euginedes
  • “Hands” by Sherwood Anderson
  • “Kilifi Creek” by Lionel Shriver
  • “Two Sisters” by Ama Ata Aidoo
  • “The Late Novels of Gene Hackman” by Rivka Galchen
  • “The Kugelmass Episode” by Woody Allen
  • “All Ahead of Them” by Tobias Wolff
  • “Girls at War” by Chinua Achebe
  • “And of Clay Are We Created” by Isabel Allende
  • “Roadkill” Romesh Gunesekera
  • “Benji” by Chinelo Okparanta
  • “From a Farther Room” by David Gilbert
  • “The Breeze” by Joshua Ferris
  • “Marjorie Lemke” by Sarah Braunstein
  • “We Didn’t Like Him” by Akhil Sharma
  • “Valentine” by Tessa Hadley
  • “Kattekopen” by Will Mackin
  • “Checking Out” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • “Blues Roses” by Frances Hwang
  • “By Fire” Tahar Ben Jelloun
  • “Experience” by Tessa Hadley
  • “The Heron” by Dorthe Nors
  • “The Casserole” by Thomas McGuane
  • “Birnam Wood” by T. Coraghessan Boyle
  • “The Embassy of Cambodia” by Zadie Smith
  • “The Gray Goose” by Jonathan Lethem
  • “Mexican Manifesto” by Roberto Bolaño
  • “Art Appreciation” by Fiona McFarlane
  • “The Colonel’s Daughter” by Robert Coover
  • “Stars” by Thomas McGuane
  • “Mastiff” by Joyce Carol Oates
  • “Collectors” by Daniel Alarcón
  • “The Dark Arts” by Ben Marcus
  • “Paranoia” by Shirley Jackson
  • “Victory” by Yu Hua
  • “The Fragments” by Joshua Ferris
  • “Meet the President” by Zadie Smith

Video games.

  • The Cave by Double Fine Productions and Sega
  • Call of Juarez: Gunslinger by Techland and Ubisoft
  • The Last of Us by Naughty Dog and Sony
  • Tomb Raider by Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix
  • King of the Hill by Flying Tiger Entertainment and Fox
  • The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy Land by G5 Entertainment, Alex Mauer, and EA
  • The Simpsons Game for Nintedo DS by Amaze Entertainment and EA
  • Hotline Miami by Dennaton Interactive
  • RoboCop vs. The Terminator by Virgin Games
  • The Simpsons Arcadefor iOS by IronMonkey Studios and EA

Novels.

  • The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
  • The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
  • Tampa by Alissa Nutting
  • A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig

Movies.

  • 12 Years a Slave
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  • The Cabin in the Woods
  • Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Television.

  • Breaking Bad
  • Californication
  • Dexter

I discovered the most succinct way to explain everything during a viewing of The Crying Game. It’s this exchange:

                      DIL
          So what do you want with me, Jimmy?

                      FERGUS
          Want to look after you.

                      DIL
          What does that mean?

                      FERGUS
          Something I heard someone say once.

Fergus was not yet aware of the secrets Dil held—nor was she aware of his—but that’s beside the point. Is it not the most simple, honest intent? No love yet, nor particularly sentimental expressions. Simple intent. This makes me acutely aware of the difference between my intentions and those of other men whom I have observed. I am perhaps traditional to some, but rather than label it I prefer to state it.

Want to look after you.

I discovered the most succinct way to explain everything during a viewing of The Crying Game. It’s this exchange:

                      DIL
          So what do you want with me, Jimmy?

                      FERGUS
          Want to look after you.

                      DIL
          What does that mean?

                      FERGUS
          Something I heard someone say once.

Fergus was not yet aware of the secrets Dil held—nor was she aware of his—but that’s beside the point. Is it not the most simple, honest intent? No love yet, nor particularly sentimental expressions. Simple intent. This makes me acutely aware of the difference between my intentions and those of other men whom I have observed. I am perhaps traditional to some, but rather than label it I prefer to state it.

Want to look after you.