This week we’re reading Taylor Swift, a piece of flash fiction by Hugh Behm-Steinberg, published by Gulf Coast Mag.

In the alternate reality of the story, our narrator buys several Taylor Swift clones, whom they use to deal with their emotions over their next door neighbour and friend Tina. As the story progresses, we ask questions over the extreme commodification of celebrity, and the incomparable power of human connection.

Link to story: https://gulfcoastmag.org/journal/28.2/2015-barthelme-prize-winner-taylor-swift/

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