Holden Caulfield

Do-Overs: The Bad Guy Has a Moment
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Do-Overs: The Bad Guy Has a Moment

ByHeather Scott Partington

Complicated bad guys are nothing new. There’s something delicious about complex entertainment; we’re able to envision ourselves in the shoes of the antihero and exact revenge or serve righteous justice, but we’re also able to vicariously live through their actions that lie outside the boundaries of acceptable behavior. When it comes to our villains, we…

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The Best Short Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week: “All Lateral” by Matt Sumell

ByRoss McMeekin

When we speak of a story as “voice-driven,” that typically means it’s written in first person and that the narrator has attitude. Instead of quietly striving towards general objectivity, the narrator—à la Holden Caulfield—gives us a unique angle on the world that keeps our eyes fixed to the page. Matt Sumell, in his story “All…