December 1, 2025

“Taking Flight,” by Malika Favre, and “Eustace Tilley,” by Rea Irvin.

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“The Golden Boy”

Daniyal Mueenuddin

Fiction by Daniyal Mueenuddin, the author of “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders” and “This Is Where the Serpent Lives”: Bayazid had never quite given up the fantasy he nurtured in boyhood, of discovering himself a child of some minister or prince.

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