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6′3″ Man with Doritos
Home alone for a month, a married man on the verge of midlife revisits old letters from his first love and wonders why it’s so hard to apologize.True Story, Issue #20
On Running
Equally a meditation on the pursuit of running, a reflection on Lewis and Clark’s endeavor to map the continent, and an exploration of the body’s limitations, True Story #21 asks: Is it possible to outrun yourself?True Story, Issue #21
Lethe
In Greek mythology, a sip from the River Lethe offers oblivion to newly-perished souls. Braiding together the story of her parents’ whirlwind romance and memories from her troubled childhood, Leanna James Blackwell considers the lure of denial and the costs of remembering.True Story, Issue #22
The Sixteenth Tape
A self-proclaimed collector of strange media comes into possession of a home video that was never meant to be viewed and wonders what—if anything—is too private to be shared in the digital age.True Story, Issue #23
Memoirs of a Used Car Salesman’s Daughter
A talent for lying is a great asset for a used-car salesman, but a bad trait in a father. Nancy A. Nichols recalls the wild rides of her tumultuous childhood outside Detroit.True Story, Issue #24
Resurrection
When one of their chickens starts exhibiting strange symptoms, a family does everything it can to keep from having to suffer through yet another deathTrue Story, Issue #09
Rendezvous
Growing up encamped at an 18th century French fort isn’t easy. For a teenaged historical reenactor, costumes and customs blur the already confusing lines between past and present, and between make-believe and reality.True Story, Issue #08
Take Your Son to Work Day
In “Take Your Son to Work Day,” writer Andrew Maynard—young, directionless, sort of a screw-up—shadows his lawyer father during the final appeals process for a notorious murderer on death row. But will he learn anything from the experience?True Story, Issue #07
Wider than the Sky
One small observation over dinner—a husband’s dilated pupil—upends a young couple’s expectations for their life together and reveals how incredibly fragile our identities are. In this story of love and loss, Phyllis Beckman explores the ways the complex, adaptable structures of the brain can react to trauma and ultimately the question, What makes you you?True Story, Issue #06
How to Survive an Atomic Bomb
In this issue, we travel back to the anything-goes days leading up to the July 1945 detonation of the first atomic bomb at Trinity Site in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Edward McPherson takes readers on a tour of the site, exploring the history of the atomic bomb, as well as the modern-day challenges still posed by our nuclear arsenal.True Story, Issue #05