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Feb 24, 20218 min read
Let’s Make a Deal - Nikki McKenzie
“The drugs don’t give you a warning sign before they hit, they just sneak up on ya when you least expect it, so always watch out for...
Feb 22, 202110 min read
Birthright - Amber Schulthise
It had been a little over a month since my transformation from “Lauren Albright’s ugly little sister” to “Lesley Albright, basketball...
Feb 15, 20213 min read
My New Name - Collin McFadyen
We moved here after the divorce so Mom could start college again. I like it ok. Every apartment has a kid and a mom or dad in school. The...
Jan 29, 20216 min read
i’ll hang it in the toilet - Valene Kane
Caryn hadn’t wanted to wear that dress this morning. It was fresh from the dryer and felt stiff and starchy next to her skin. She hoked...
Jan 25, 202113 min read
blu(e) - Heather Nichole O'Brien
"We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not...
Jan 21, 202110 min read
Folkloric - Hannah Vitiello
The surface of the fjord was still until a rock skipped across the grey water. Mara chose another flat, silvery rock, and weighed it in...
Jan 20, 202112 min read
Night Song - Mike L. Nichols
I’m lying somewhere, uncomfortable. In our bed? It feels like I’m going to be waking up with a headache. My leg is stiff and aching. I...
Jan 15, 202115 min read
Am I Home Yet? - Maya McLeroy
I sit in Train Car C, harsh rain pelting down on the roof. My mother is asleep, her head resting on my shoulder. “She’s safe,” my mother...
Jan 14, 20219 min read
Letting the Light In - Claire Van Winkle
There is a correct way to dress a window: you must measure first. You must choose the proper hardware. These fabrics are fixtures, and...
Jan 13, 20217 min read
Unquiet - Julianna DeAngelis
She might be the smartest person in her school. Or at least in this class. And she’s genuinely so attractive, in, like, a nonconventional...
Jan 12, 20219 min read
Ricky - Keilly Austin Ulery
Lately, all there is to do is think. About what could have been. About all the myriads of choices you made in your life, the one (but...
Jan 9, 20217 min read
The Football on the Lawn - Phyliss Merion Shanken
The slightly deflated football stuck out of the grassy soil as if the lower point had been glued into a carved-out gravesite. I don’t...
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