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The Standard

The Measure of Fine Fiction

Vol. I · No. I · Spring Issue

The Founders Edition

Five scenes. Two short stories. Two masterworks. One mission. The first issue of The Standard is a self-contained proof of what principled editorial practice produces: work refined inside a community, not commissioned from outside it.

Published
March 17, 2026
Volume
I · No. I
Extent
108 pages
Pieces
10
Cover of The Standard, Volume I, Number I: The Founders Edition

Contents

Five Scenes

  1. Social Studiesby Jeyla Briar, edited by Laura Gravesp. 8
  2. Styxby Sibley Dale, edited by Krista Adamsp. 20
  3. Guard Railsby Lark Rowen, edited by Kallista Footep. 40
  4. Escaladeby Mary Koehler, edited by Joanne Hainesp. 42
  5. The Gameby Randall Surles, edited by Tim Grahlp. 56

Two Short Stories

  1. The Candymaker’s Sonby Ryan McRae, edited by Tim Grahlp. 10
  2. The Resident Ghostby Brent G. Spalding, edited by Tim Grahlp. 22

Two Masterworks

  1. The Monkey’s Pawby W. W. Jacobs, edited by Henry Mills Aldenp. 44
  2. Xinguby Edith Wharton, edited by Edward L. Burlingamep. 60

One Mission

  1. The Lives We Dream and Do Not Realizeby Shawn Coyne, edited by Tim Grahlp. 80

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