Ottessa Moshfegh
Author Ottessa Moshfegh on Phoniness, Power, and Aligning Yourself with 'Rich White People'
We caught up with the author to talk about her new novel and how she sees her popularity as similar to how people like cronuts.
A Short Story About Costumes, Sex, and Lying to Businessmen
'The Surrogate,' by Ottessa Moshfegh
Three Short, Savage Books You Have to Read
'McGlue,' 'The Dig,' and 'Love Hotel' are three feverish novels where the only things that seem for certain are fear and death.
Recipe Corner
Here are some suggested dishes to accompany the stories in the 2013 Fiction Issue, directly from a few of the authors who wrote them.
Medicine
This is a story that started off as a confessional letter. I lived in China during my early 20s and until now haven't wanted to write anything about it. "Medicine" appears here as an excerpt from a novel-in-progress about those years.
It Happened
We moved into a house a few blocks from the Marcy projects at the end of last summer. In time, it became obvious the place next door was a drug den.