Margaret Eby on the correspondence between Eudora Welty and Ross MacDonald.

The New Inquiry has new nonfiction from Sofia Samatar.

Vice has new fiction from Lincoln Michel.

At Largehearted Boy: Mairead Case’s See You In The Morning playlist.

The nominees for this year’s storySouth Million Writers Award have been announced.

Guernica has new nonfiction from Melissa Febos.

At Longreads: notes on Dashiell Hammett and pessimism.

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