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Summer Fiction
Issue date:
June 5-7, 1998 to Labor Day
7 weeks of GREAT Summer Fiction
We asked this summer's top authors to write original short stories specially for the readers of USA WEEKEND. So kick back, grab something cool -- and enjoy.
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Brad Meltzer
 "Final Farewell"His latest book, Dead Even, focuses on a pair of young married lawyers also featured in this short story. | | June 12-14
Dean Koontz
"Pinkie"The master of the dark psychological thriller is the author of 34 books, most recently Fear Nothing.
| | June 19-21
Gloria Naylor
"Grandma Blue"15 years after her Women of Brewster Place won a National Book Award, she's back with The Men of Brewster Place.
| | June 26-28
Richard Price
"Ouija"The latest book from this novelist (Clockers) and screenwriter (the Oscar-nominated The Color of Money) is Freedomland.
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Laura Zigman
"The Pickle"
Her first novel, Animal Husbandry, about the demise of a love affair, is to be made into a movie starring Jennifer Aniston.
| | July 10-12
Garrison Keillor
"The Runway"
The host of A Prairie Home Companion, heard on 400 radio stations each weekend, has a ninth book, Wobegon Boy.
| | July 17-19
Jen Schuchman
"Aces"
Winner of our 1998 Student Fiction Contest. The Greensburg, Pa., high school senior wins a $2,000 scholarship for her story.
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ALSO:
Short stories from our five Student Fiction Contest finalists
Fiction-writing guide for students
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Photo Credits: All photos shot for USA WEEKEND: MANUELLO PAGANELLI (MELTZER); BRIAN DAVIS (KOONTZ), MATTHEW JORDAN SMITH (NAYLOR AND PRICE), MOLLY ROBERTS (ZIGMAN), PER BREIEHAGAN (KEILLOR) AND RICHARD KELLY (SCHUCHMAN)
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