Author: Nathan Leslie
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The Shortlist: March 7, 2025
Eight (!) fiction stories from Kelly Robson, Amy DeBellis, Katherine Plumhoff, Mark Ifanson, Chris Scott, Nathan Leslie, and Kevin Light-Roth
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Julian by Nathan Leslie
A retired restaurant critic with health issues comes back for one special meal. It sounds lovely: Dragon’s breath chili, blood clams, casu marzu cheese, nomura’s jellyfish, apple seeds, even fugu and sannakji, the raw, still moving octopus tendrils. I was queasy reading this. Perfectly executed.