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American Short Fiction 1991–1998 . 2006–2023 volume 26, issue 77, spring 2023 americanshortfiction.org editors Rebecca Markovits, Adeena Reitberger associate publisher Amanda Faraone managing editor Nate Brown contributing editors Jennifer duBois, Danielle Evans, Willie Fitzgerald, Manuel Gonzales, Melinda Moustakis, Sara Ortiz, Stacey Swann, Giuseppe Taurino web editor Adam Soto digital editor James Eck Rippie associate editor Sol X. Wooten mari sabusawa fellow Molly Williams assistant editors Rajiv Awasthi, Philip Baker, Amanda Bestor-Siegal, Jen Brown, Emily Chammah, Stephanie Frazee, Camille Gazoul, Dana Liebelson, Alexander Lumans, Stephanie Macias, Hanna Murphy-Pack, Lara Palmqvist, Uriel Perez, Susan Quesal, Michelle Raji, Michelle Redden, Brittany Reeber, Patricia Ruiz-Rivera, Avigayl Sharp, Clara Spars, Mary Terrier interns Maisie Bilston, Madeline Maske copy editor Raeanne Martinez design MiniSuper Studio web development Aaron Dixon, Wyatt Tall event coordinator Beth Bond art advisor Katy Chrisler advisory board Nicole Aragi, Stuart Dybek, Owen Egerton, Jaimy Gordon, Bret Anthony Johnston, Don Lee, Steph Opitz, ZZ Packer, Claiborne Smith, Deb Olin Unferth board of directors Sarah Bilston, Kathy Blackwell, Tyler Drake, Jacqueline Galván, Katie Angermeier Haab, Syed Ali Haider, Rebecca Markovits, Adeena Reitberger, Isaac Reitberger american short fiction was founded in 1991 and is based in Austin, Texas. distribution Accelerate360, 1955 Lake Park Drive, Suite 400 Smyrna, Georgia 30080; 1-800-929-8274; accelerate360.com subscriptions Individuals/$36.00; Institutions/$48.00 for one year (3 issues) of American Short Fiction. International subscribers add $14.00. Subscriptions may be ordered securely online with a credit card at americanshortfiction.org. Mail checks to American Short Fiction, P.O. Box 4152, Austin, Texas 78765. advertising For advertising inquiries, please send a message to the editors at editors@americanshortfiction.org. american short fiction (issn 1 05 1-4813 ) is published tr iannually by American Short Fiction, Inc. make a contribution to American Short Fiction, a 501(c)(3) certified non-profit, today! More information about g iv ing to the magazine can be found on our website at americanshortfiction.org/give. Donation checks may also be mailed to: American Short Fiction, Inc., P.O. Box 4152, Austin, Texas 78765. Printed in Canada.
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spring 2023 26 77 volume issue 9 EDITORS’ NOTE 13 The Drummer Hilary Bell 37 Catskill Avenue Laura van den Berg 51 Dr. Basters Magogodi oaMphela Makhene 69 Wiesbaden Ben Mauk 85 Sparrow Joyce Carol Oates 97 The Subject Ada Zhang 115 The Sea Captain Emily Hunt Kivel 141 CONTRIBUTORS cover (front) Siennie Lee, Proxy Traveling: Two Nests, color on Korean paper, 14” x 11”, 2014. ( back) Siennie Lee, Proxy Traveling: Gunsan (detail), ink on Korean paper, 76” x 129”, 2013. interior illustrations Blair Richardson, MiniSuper Studio

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American Short Fiction

1991–1998 . 2006–2023 volume 26, issue 77, spring 2023 americanshortfiction.org editors Rebecca Markovits, Adeena Reitberger associate publisher Amanda Faraone managing editor Nate Brown contributing editors Jennifer duBois, Danielle Evans, Willie Fitzgerald,

Manuel Gonzales, Melinda Moustakis, Sara Ortiz, Stacey Swann, Giuseppe Taurino web editor Adam Soto digital editor James Eck Rippie associate editor Sol X. Wooten mari sabusawa fellow Molly Williams assistant editors Rajiv Awasthi, Philip Baker, Amanda Bestor-Siegal, Jen Brown,

Emily Chammah, Stephanie Frazee, Camille Gazoul, Dana Liebelson, Alexander Lumans, Stephanie Macias, Hanna Murphy-Pack, Lara Palmqvist, Uriel Perez, Susan Quesal, Michelle Raji, Michelle Redden, Brittany Reeber, Patricia Ruiz-Rivera, Avigayl Sharp, Clara Spars, Mary Terrier interns Maisie Bilston, Madeline Maske copy editor Raeanne Martinez design MiniSuper Studio web development Aaron Dixon, Wyatt Tall event coordinator Beth Bond art advisor Katy Chrisler advisory board Nicole Aragi, Stuart Dybek, Owen Egerton, Jaimy Gordon, Bret

Anthony Johnston, Don Lee, Steph Opitz, ZZ Packer, Claiborne Smith, Deb Olin Unferth board of directors Sarah Bilston, Kathy Blackwell, Tyler Drake, Jacqueline

Galván, Katie Angermeier Haab, Syed Ali Haider, Rebecca Markovits, Adeena Reitberger, Isaac Reitberger american short fiction was founded in 1991 and is based in Austin, Texas. distribution Accelerate360, 1955 Lake Park Drive, Suite 400 Smyrna, Georgia 30080; 1-800-929-8274; accelerate360.com subscriptions Individuals/$36.00; Institutions/$48.00 for one year (3 issues) of American Short Fiction. International subscribers add $14.00. Subscriptions may be ordered securely online with a credit card at americanshortfiction.org. Mail checks to American Short Fiction, P.O. Box 4152, Austin, Texas 78765. advertising For advertising inquiries, please send a message to the editors at editors@americanshortfiction.org. american short fiction (issn 1 05 1-4813 ) is published tr iannually by American Short Fiction, Inc. make a contribution to American Short Fiction, a 501(c)(3) certified non-profit, today! More information about g iv ing to the magazine can be found on our website at americanshortfiction.org/give. Donation checks may also be mailed to: American Short Fiction, Inc., P.O. Box 4152, Austin, Texas 78765. Printed in Canada.

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