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The clock is ticking and there are only a few hours left before this round of our Three-Minute Fiction writing contest closes. All stories must be submitted by 11:59 Eastern Time tonight. Our Round 7 judge, Danielle Evans, issued this challenge: One character must come to town and one character must leave town. For the full rules go to npr.org/threeminutefiction.

A documentary, named for one of Peter Gatien's iconic '80s nightclubs, recounts the rise and fall of a clubland king who ran afoul of the DEA.

Gus Van Sant's latest is the tale of a terminally ill teenage girl, her funeral-loving new boyfriend, and her other new acquaintance: the ghost of a World War II kamikaze pilot.

Loosely based on the career of a real-life ethnomusicologist, this film takes an alternately warm and jaundiced look at a Central African people whose forest homeland is threatened by industrial logging — and the Newark native who goes to live (and listen, and eventually love) among them.

Former members of the Kashmere High School Stage Band, known for embracing jazz and blues while their peers exhausted '40s big band, honor their eminent 92-year-old music teacher, Conrad O. Johnson, as the man who gave their lives rhythm and soul.

Linton Weeks investigates the end of an online game that built such a successful community around itself that its demise is causing a worried uprising.

The clock is ticking and we're one week into round seven of our Three-Minute Fiction writing contest. Author Danielle Evans is our judge this time around. Entries are due at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, September 25.

There are countless ways to meet that special someone — through a friend, website, and even a set-up. For the past five years, The Washington Post has tried playing Cupid for residents of the nation's capital. Reporter Christina Breda Antoniades tells host Michel Martin about the history of this experiment called "Date Lab," and what it's like being its matchmaker extraordinaire.

From the Midwest to the Northeast, a brutal heat wave has pushed temperatures above 100 degrees in many areas this weekend. On Friday, more than 130 million people were living under a heat advisory. But while most people were moaning about the oppressive, humid heat, some were finding fun ways to stay cool.

A new British sci-fi thriller wants you to question your allegiance to the criminals who defend Earth against an alien invasion.