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Topic: two-sentence stories

Clockwise from top left: Shani Boianjiu, Julianna Baggott, Matt Bell, Jacinda Townsend (Random House/Alon Sigavi/HarperCollins/David G.W. Scott/Soho Press/W. W. Norton & Company, Inc./Hebbah Vidali)

9 magical two-sentence stories

Salon Staff
Clockwise from top left: Lauren Groff, Owen King, Elliott Holt, Porochista Khakpour (Lucy Schaeffer/AP/Michael C. York/Rebecca Zeller/George Stilabower)

Two-sentence holiday fiction!

David Daley