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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 5d

“Show me your darkness, your nothing-to-see and everything to touch.”

—Bryce Emley, “Prayer in Rain, Autumn Night”

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 5d

Cartoon by Jon Adams

Want more cartoons? Check out this month’s collection: www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/narra...

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 6d

Banned Books Week is almost here.

One week isn’t enough. Censorship happens year-round.

That’s why Narrative’s library of more than 2000 authors will always be free and accessible.

Authors

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 6d

Letter to Metune from Lahontan Reservoir | Narrative Magazine

Letter to Metune from Lahontan Reservoir by Lindsay Wilson — Colored your eyes with what’s not there. &nbs...

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 6d

“You should know I romanticize all the wrong things too: songs from a blown back speaker, a bad smoky summer, those disposable gas station sunglasses you use to hide that gorgeous scar beside your left eye.” —excerpt from Lindsay Wilson’s “Letter to Metune from Lahontan Reservoir”

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 7d

Join us in celebrating A. T. Steel and his Narrative Prize-winning work, “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”!

A.T. Steel @oldxanadu.bsky.social · 7d

I won the 2025 Narrative Prize for my story “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”! 🥹 I am overwhelmed!

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 7d

—excerpt from “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell” by A. T. Steel (@oldxanadu.bsky.social)

We are over the moon to share this year’s Narrative–Prize winning story, A. T. Steel’s “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”:

Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell | Narrative Magazine

Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell by A. T. Steel — The city shimmered in summertime like gemstone jewelry ...

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 7d

“In Harlem in 1991, gold was the color of summer, and it peaked in the morning when the light was still stark and directional. Then everyone who lived there could forget for a while that the waters of the river were rising, people were dying, and the city hated them.”

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 7d

Steel was born in New York City and raised in Bronx homeless shelters, Harlem ghettos, and Brooklyn Brownsville projects.

Join us in celebrating A. T. Steel and his winning work, “Honey Buns and Cream Soda in the Stairwell”!

@oldxanadu.bsky.social

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 7d

We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2025 Narrative Prize . . .

🎉 A. T. Steel! 🎉

Today Steel joins the ranks of #NarrativePrize winners as we shine a light on his extraordinary writing.

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 8d

Tomorrow is the big day!! Follow us to be the first to see who wins.

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 8d

“Let’s celebrate those who are extravagantly chivalrous, absurdly romantic, and always striving for the unattainable.”

—Carol Edgarian (@caroledgarian.bsky.social)

Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 8d

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Narrative @narrativemag.bsky.social · 8d

“They burned
All that day and into the next.
They burned until there was no shade,
Nothing but smoking charcoal
And dead trees, then they erased
The maps and renamed the villages.” —excerpt from “They Who Loved the Smell of Burning” by Robert Hedin

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