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“Double Time for Pat Hobby”

On the day that Pat met Jim Dasterson in the barrier, he had less than a dollar in one pocket and an ounce of gin in the other.
Fiction

“Natural History”

Yesterday, the most important day of his life. Unless it was today.
Fiction

“The Silence”

She could sit on a bench in Europe completely unmolested, without a single human being saying a word to her, until the sun fell out of the sky.
Fiction

“Jubilee”

I was simply happy to inhabit my birthplace, my janmasthan: this almost unbearably meaningful fact that linked me to every red letter box and double-decker bus.
Fiction

“The Comedian”

He was nothing and nobody, and nobody cared, and he thought that everyone was watching him, that even I was watching him.

Flash Fiction

A series of very short stories. Read them all »

Flash Fiction

“Hot Spot”

He called. She answered. He was her only sibling. He’d paid to have someone deliver her citrus so that she could avoid scurvy.
Flash Fiction

“Dedication”

“After my father stopped breathing, God bless his memory, I covered his body up in blankets—and kept studying.”
Flash Fiction

“Happy New Year”

A long time ago, lots and lots of people lived on this island. Now there are only a few of us.
Flash Fiction

“The Third Premier”

He must be forever changed, we thought, entire fields of joy no longer his, every lovely thing tainted.

This Week in Fiction

New Yorker fiction writers discuss their stories from the magazine.

This Week in Fiction

Clare Sestanovich on Balancing Hope and Despair

The author discusses her story “Natural History.”
This Week in Fiction

Han Ong on Partisan Passions and Life Affirmation in the Theatre

The author discusses his story “Happy Days.”
This Week in Fiction

Yiyun Li on Dispelling Innocence and Dissecting Pears

The author discusses her story “Any Human Heart.”
This Week in Fiction

Jim Shepard on Catastrophes and Timing

The author discusses his story “The Queen of Bad Influences.”

The Writer’s Voice

Writers read their stories from the magazine.

The Writer’s Voice

Clare Sestanovich Reads “Natural History”

The author reads her story from the July 21, 2025, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Zadie Smith Reads “The Silence”

The author reads her story from the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Ottessa Moshfegh Reads “The Comedian”

The author reads her story from the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue of the magazine.
The Writer’s Voice

Jhumpa Lahiri Reads “Jubilee”

The author reads her story from the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue of the magazine.

The Fiction Podcast

A monthly reading and conversation with The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman.

Fiction Podcast

Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads Samanta Schweblin

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Size of Things,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2017.
Fiction Podcast

Edwidge Danticat Reads Zadie Smith

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Two Men Arrive in a Village,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2016.
Fiction Podcast

Yiyun Li Reads William Trevor

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Piano Tuner's Wives,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1995.
Fiction Podcast

David Wright Faladé Reads Madeleine Thien

The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Lu, Reshaping,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2021.

The New Yorker Novella

Long-form fiction. Read them all »

Novellas

“Server”

It was empty when I logged in. I’d been off it since Vic died, four years ago.
Novellas

“The Bicycle Accident”

“Of course, Arlette understood, this was not a tragedy. Tragedy would be a broken neck or spine. Paralysis for life. A coma.”
Novellas

“Muscle”

“It’s time to turn up the heat a little bit more. My boys are getting bored, and that’s not good for their appetite or their temper.”
Novellas

“What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf?”

“He got out of the car, closing his door quietly, and crept through the woods toward the brick house.”

Poetry

Poems

“Girlfriends”

“Now we’re older we know who’s gotten sober / or been bitten by God or chewed and discarded / under a dirty bus shelter.”
Poems

“Onions”

“Egyptians saw eternity / in your unspooling center.”
Poems

“Deep Winter Stars”

“I am afraid, I say / as I look up.”
Poems

“The Eulogy I Didn’t Give (XXXVII)”

“I’ve been writing down the whispers / of a stopped clock.”

The Poetry Podcast

Readings and conversations with The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young.

Poetry Podcast

Megan Fernandes Reads Hala Alyan

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Half-Life in Exile,” by Hala Alyan, and her own poem “On Your Departure to California.”
Poetry Podcast

Erika Meitner Reads Philip Levine

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “What Work Is,” by Philip Levine, and her own poem “To Gather Together.”
Poetry Podcast

David St. John Reads Larry Levis

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Picking Grapes in an Abandoned Vineyard,” by Larry Levis, and his own poem “The Shore.”
Poetry Podcast

Edward Hirsch Reads Gerald Stern

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “96 Vandam,” by Gerald Stern, and his own poem “Man on a Fire Escape.”

More Fiction & Poetry

Poems

“South Carolinian American Sonnet for Independence Day”

“The comfort in the smell of bacon in the morning / is mostly burning fat & salt, but the taste is sweet / as the part of the pig that stores the soul.”
Poems

“God”

“It makes sense notionally, a painless hypothesis / for our predicament, crayoned face to bridge / the gulf between grace and the lightning storm.”
The Writer’s Voice

Han Ong Reads “Happy Days”

The author reads his story from the June 30, 2025, issue of the magazine.
Fiction

“Happy Days”

Why shouldn’t Matthew Lim play Winnie? Inside his body, the role would be no spoof at all but the purest of incarnations.
Poems

“All Dressed Up”

“In Colorado, I once saw a dog in a tuxedo / walk down an aisle and give the bride away.”
Poems

“Overwhelm”

“How ridiculous now to think we were happy in the quick shelter / we sought from truth.”
The Writer’s Voice

Yiyun Li Reads “Any Human Heart”

The author reads her story from the June 23, 2025, issue of the magazine.
Fiction

“Any Human Heart”

And here sat Maureen, who had no one else to send flowers to as sweet revenge. And here sat Lilian, who had thought that little in life could surprise her anymore.
Poems

“Murmuration”

“They take shapes / in air / like a scarf trick.”
Poems

“The Terminal”

“They stand next to him, in a posture of awkward confession, carefully giving him the words.”