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Jun 1, 202111 min read
Who Cooks for Her - Max McCoubrey
“It was like a banshee....Whoo........ Whoo.... ” Padraic and Tozi were mesmerized by Mary-Ann Ruane’s animated story telling skills....
May 31, 20217 min read
Streetlights - Liz Caldwell
The Louisiana air was stickier than anyone ever gave it credit for. Droplets seemed, she thought, to hang suspended in the air, and...
May 30, 20213 min read
Whitespace - Hannah Anderson
It was summer. The kids on our block used to gather at the “big rock” on the corner of the neighbor’s lawn. Our bikes clattered to the...
May 20, 20219 min read
Nobody’s Bride - Anna Halabi
Abu Issam was smoking a cigarette on the sidewalk under the awning of his bakery. “This damn rain. It’s keeping the customers away,” he...
May 19, 20216 min read
Remnants - Kennedy Hill
An opaque, burgundy fluid pools beneath the refrigerator door. Its viscosity obscured by the cheap fluorescents lighting the kitchen...
May 16, 20216 min read
Tipping Point - Mary Long-Schimanke
“So, I was thinking, what if people who are cremated go to one part of heaven and people who aren’t, go to another?” I say. Everyone...
May 14, 20216 min read
Lake Cumberland - Amanda Crum
The lake smelled brackish, like it was trying to be something it was not. Tessa sat on the edge of the dock and dipped her feet in. Forty...
Apr 24, 20214 min read
William Cass - The Way You Are
When she got her mail after work, Linda recognized her mother’s familiar script on the top envelope. She gave a sigh, then shuffled it to...
Apr 20, 202118 min read
Just Another Day - Miranda Ramírez
*This short story placed as the 4th runner up of the 2021 Sad Girls Club Short Story Contest **Cowboy Jamboree is the original publisher...
Apr 19, 20216 min read
A Piece of the Aftermath - Katie Scarafiotti
White. White tile walls surround my front and sides, a never-ending prison. Their coolness brushes against my naked breasts. My stomach...
Apr 18, 20214 min read
Letters to J. - Cindy Pereira
Dear J----- Is it arrogant to say that I died for your wife and kids? Like the Baby Jesus, I repented for your sins. Remember that naked...
Apr 17, 20219 min read
Blowjobs at Johnson’s Drive-In - Taylor Leatrice Werner
Billy had worked at Johnson’s Drive-In for six years, when along came a blowjob that not only redirected the external circumstances of...
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