The story—about an island that disappears from the map, and a boy named Peter Harville who is left stranded on the mainland—appears halfway through Sara Majka’s debut Cities I’ve Never Lived In (which Graywolf will publish as part of A Public Space Books next year), and is the surprising and perfect anchor of a collection that revolves around a woman consumed by “a feeling of being nowhere, or in someone else’s life, or between lives.” - Brigid Hughes, Editor In Chief, A Public Space

About the Author: Sara Majka’s stories have been published in A Public Space, The Massachusetts Review, and Guernica. In 2016, A Public Space Books and Graywolf Press will publish her debut story collection, Cities I’ve Never Lived In.

About the Publisher: A Public Space is an independent magazine of literature and culture, founded in 2006. We publish fiction, essays, poetry, photography and graphic narratives, as well as Focus portfolios that explore the intersection of private lives and public history. Across 22 issues to date, over 250 authors and artists from around the world have appeared in our pages, including the debut publications of writers such as Leslie Jamison and Jesmyn Ward, the work of other vital voices such as Charles D’Ambrosio, Stuart Dybek, Amy Leach, Kelly Link, John Haskell, and Marilynne Robinson, and literary works in translation by authors as varied as Kerstin Ekman, Guillermo Fadanelli, Goli Taraghi, Alain Mabanckou, and Sandro Veronesi. Visit us at www.apublicspace.org or on Twitter: @APublicSpace.

About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction.