The stories in this volume were published in One Story and One Teen Story from 2015 to 2025 and feature work by our 2025 Literary Debutantes, seven past One Story authors who have recently published or will soon publish their debut books. Haunting, vivid, touching, and funny, these tales explore friendship and marriage, guilt and forgiveness, rage and comfort, identity and belonging, and the different ways we grapple with our past, present, and future selves.

We hope that you will enjoy this – our first – digital anthology, which contains the following seven stories:

• One Story issue #225, “An Oral History of the Next Battle of the Sexes” by Lucas Schaefer
• One Story issue #276, “Extinction” by Jackie Thomas-Kennedy
• One Story issue #283 “Naturale” by Carrie R. Moore
• One Story issue #321, “Trampoline” by Lauren K. Watel
• One Story issue #323, “Empress” by Nini Berndt
• One Story issue #286, “A Life Anew” by Julian Zabalbeascoa
• One Teen Story Issue #33 “Flight Feathers”  by Kerry Cullen