Lost on a dangerous trail, Leyton Cassidy’s thoughts take her down a dark path.
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Best of 2023: The Audience Awards
The 10 editor picks that stood out to our readers.
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Bad Blood (Longreads’ Version): A Musical Feuds Reading List
Whether competition between artists or strife within a band, popular music features some of pop culture’s messiest rivalries.
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My Grandmother’s Home Survived Last Year’s Blast. Beirut May Never Recover
“Though the war continued to rage, she felt safe enough where she was. After all, her apartment had made it through more than a decade of fighting with barely a mark to show for it. Just before the end of the war, though, her luck would turn.”
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Failure To Lawn
On what a dying patch of turfgrass can teach us about water scarcity, ecological repair, and the lies we tell ourselves about success.
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The Ingenious Ancient Technology Concealed in the Shallows
But for over a generation now, the number of salmon returning to the coast of British Columbia has fallen sharply, due to more than a century of commercial fishing and development. In addition, climate change is threatening the ecosystem itself. This strikes at the heart of both Indigenous communities and society as a whole. If […]
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Age, Sex, Location
Chatrooms taught me everything I needed to know about what real people were like before I had to grow up and become one of them.
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I Think I’m Going to Be Sick
The ride technology at amusement parks has become more sophisticated. For ride-goers prone to motion sickness, the outcome can be messy.
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Inside Man
Gary Settle has helped dozens of federal prisoners get compassionate release. Will it ever be his turn to go home?
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Ten Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2025
Kickstart your reading year with 10 short stories selected by longtime contributor Pravesh Bhardwaj.
