All-Story. Vol 10. No 3.

Francis Coppola - signing here without the "Ford" - introduces the fall issue of All-Story, exploring "through storytelling, the aspects of life that have most engrossed me—food and wine, art and adventure, my family and my friends... This special issue is the result of long conversations about what such a magazine might look like, what it might contain."

The issue's designed by Chip Kidd: "I've been trying to finish writing my second novel and had been turning down design commissions left and right in an effort to complete it this year. But then something occurred to me. Namely, the photographs of Thomas M Allen..."

Stories and pieces fully available online: Kathryn Harrison's "Cat Fancy," RT Smith's "Where I Come from a Hushpuppy Is Not a Shoe," Daniyal Mueenuddin's "Our Lady of Paris," Daniel Alarcón's "Abraham Lincoln Has Been Shot" and Elizabeth McCracken's "An American in Paris," a sidebar to two other pieces in the issue.

Noteworthy teasers: Mike Figgis's "German Incident," Jonathan Baumbach's intriguingly titled "The Filmmaker's Father Prepares" and MJ Hyland's "A Boy, an Ex-Orphanage, and a Trapped Dog."

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