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The Editors

Unsigned editorial pieces on Raconteur carry this collective byline. It is used for essays written, revised, or commissioned by the editorial team as a whole rather than by a single named contributor — house positions on the serial form, on reading, and on how this publication works. It is a masthead signature, not a person.

3 essays

Criticism

Essays

A Short History of the Cliffhanger

The device is named for a literal cliff, in a literal novel, and the reason it still works has less to do with suspense than with how memory itself behaves.

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Reading Speed Is Not a Fact About You

Two hundred and thirty words a minute is an average, not a diagnosis. Your actual pace changes by the page, the paragraph, and the sentence — and a platform that assumes otherwise is just guessing.

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On the Serial as a Form

Serialized fiction is not a compromise made for slower internet connections. It is one of the oldest and most disciplined shapes a novel can take.

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