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May 15, 20211 min read
YOU'RE DEAD - Rebecca River Forbes
Payments, payments, complaints and insurance. Decisions, decisions, yes/no/maybe, scale of preference. God, parents, manager, director,...


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...


May 13, 20214 min read
Light the Blue Lantern - Michelle Cristiani
My grandfather was known as a straight shooter - even with me, his only granddaughter. He taught me venison was Santa's reindeer;...


May 12, 20211 min read
Wardrobe - Beth Peddle
Clothes need something to cling to, a plump curve to give them shape. They need happy meat to help them hang so that you can be sure...


May 11, 20216 min read
Your Name Written On The Wall - Victoria Crowe
It is too early for me to be sitting at the bar when I see your name written on the wall. The sun is still out and I might consider this...


May 10, 20216 min read
Collector of Passports - Nina Lichtenstein
I’m born Norwegian, a new American, and soon to become an Israeli citizen, too. Who needs three passports when many people in the world...


May 9, 20211 min read
2046 - Amy Lee
A stop I never wanted Turn back the Chungking Express Turn back these Ashes of Time Turn back the Nanking Treaty Lin Heung Tea House lost...


May 8, 20212 min read
Beautiful Denizens of the Deep, Dark Night - Eleanor Lerman
When we were alive and well in the long ago, beautiful denizens of the deep, dark night, love was in charge. Love ran the power stations,...


May 7, 20212 min read
Avocado Ghost - Susan Ciaravella
I hear you in the kitchen, Opening cabinets and clinking silverware. Splitting avocados. Mashing your fork into each slice until green...


May 6, 20213 min read
Burnout - Hannah Fowler
Melody sat under the single lightbulb in her garage, edged between the space heater and the last pumpkin left in the bin at Trader Joes....


May 5, 20214 min read
LOSS IS A DESERT - S M Van de Kamp
The afternoon was scalding and inhospitable. The man and the woman walked slowly down the sidewalk. They walked in silence, looking...


May 1, 20214 min read
Feezing to Death - Elaine Mead
Eyes wide as I gaze out of the bus window, the city looks perfect. The streets are an elaborate movie set, come to life, creating...
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