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Fiction: District Champ

Writer Ban Yu explores a clash of values in a northeastern factory town

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Fiction: The Empty Room

The distance in an intimate relationship—a short story from our issue “High Steaks”

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Fiction: The Precious Thing

In this sci-fi tale, a soldier uses a talisman from the past to stay human—and pays a price for his decision