Magazine: 2008 Valentine's Fiction Issue

We sent photographs to some of our favorite writers, and the charge was simple: Write a love story in response to the image. The collective results run the gamut of romantic love.

The Road to Cordoba

BY STUART DYBEK

He had love's number.

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Ask for Pain

BY JULIE ORRINGER

Her choice was revenge or redemption.

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The Dictator's Ex-Wife Writes Him a Letter

BY JULIA ALVAREZ

The best cure for a broken heart.

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Battle Mountain

BY WALTER KIRN

After such a hard road, it was time for a detour.

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2007 Contest Winner

Love Is Kryptonite

BY DEAN HEBERT

Who wants to be a hero, anyway?

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Editor's Note
Tom Shroder, editor of The Washington Post Magazine, offers a look behind this issue.

Complete Magazine Contents

Contest

2008 Fiction Contest: Find out how to enter this year's Valentine's Fiction Contest. The winning entry will be published in The Washington Post Magazine.

More From 2007

Read entries from three of the finalists in our 2007 Valentine's Fiction Contest.


PHOTOS: Claudia Kunin/Corbis; Mark Peterson/Redux; Julia Fullerton-Batten/Getty; Alinari Archives/Corbis; George Simhoni/Gallery Stock; Jutta Klee/Getty. WEB PRODUCER: Amanda McGrath - washingtonpost.com

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