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WE ARE ALL HAVING FUN HERE by Meg Mullins

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Winner of the The 2025 Slice Short Story Collection Contest

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WE ARE ALL HAVING FUN HERE by Meg Mullins * Winner of the The 2025 Slice Short Story Collection Contest *

Winner of the The Slice’s 2025 Short Story Collection Contest

We Are All Having Fun Here startles and soothes, inviting secrets and shadows out into the light and dazzling us with their complexity, humor, and tenderness. In beautifully crystallized prose, Meg Mullins dares her characters to the edges, asking us to stare right into the face of taboo. Without fear or judgement, each story unlocks a door to something hidden, toeing the line between discomfort and relatability. Explorations of kink, girlhood, grief, and intimacy find space on the page to push against assumptions and break boundaries. This collection brings clarity to what is so often obscured, inviting us to empathize with the unfathomable.

“Feral, transgressive, and heat-seeking, the girls and women in this dazzling collection seethe with life, wanting what they can’t have and getting what they never asked for.”

— Arlaina Tibensky, author of And Then Things Fall Apart

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Fork Apple Press is a small, independent press dedicated to serving the literary community. Our literary journal, The Core Review, biannually publishes works of poetry, prose, and visual narrative. Our poetry chapbook and short story collection contest, The Slice Contest, annually selects one winning chapbook and collection for publication. For craft essays, book reviews, and further engagement with the literary world, check out our blog, The Juice Blog!