Tethered
By Denise O'Hagan - Squatting down at the quayside, he could see it clearly; he’d never been this close before. All hung over with ropes...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 6 min
Revolutions of Our Youth
By Hantian Zhang - Summer, 1965. A white-hot, long afternoon. Narrow, staid alleyways flanked by rickety, wood-frame houses. We wake up...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 7 min
An Uncertain Smile
By Mike Lee - Feeling like an empty vessel filled with dirt, Maeve slept badly, waking up every hour from two o’clock on. Finally, she...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 11 min
Circus
By Peter J. Stavros - One time when I was a kid, Pops took me to the circus, just me and him, a “guys’ day” he called it. It wasn’t one...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 10 min
The Hunter and The Bird
[Trigger Warning: Implied sexual assault.] By Peter Zowa - I thought I knew what death looked like, its stinking breath reeking from its...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 6 min
Handwritten Promises
By Matthew McGuirk - The comfort of country air is something I’m growing to appreciate. The silent pauses with my hands in the dirt or...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 6 min
Leaving Terra Firma
By Ellen Sollinger - My dad became obsessed with sailing in the autumn of 1976. He had purchased a new 15-foot Sunbird sailboat after...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 6 min
Truth Hurts
By Ginger Gannaway - Going to the camp on Good Friday epitomized “Lassiez les bon temps rouler!” for Viv. A pre-Easter Fontenot family...
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- Sep 15, 2021
- 3 min
Dance
By Nick Young - When Ruth Tremayne died, she was sitting in a recliner in the living room of her cramped apartment over a used furniture...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 8 min
Casting Call
By Catherine O'Brien - On a somnolent evening which fancies itself as a stepping stone to night, I’m walking by the lake. The creatures...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 11 min
Country Life, a Skunk, and Jaybird
By Wayne McCray - Some people love where they live. I'm inclined to say it all depends. Few have the window view I do, that's for...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 2 min
Speaking Of "For"
By Vincent Barry - Amidst lengthening unfaced shadows I see that I’ve lived—well, I know this will sound strange— without ever realizing...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 4 min
Hunting Season
By Matthew Henry - This early into the investigation they’re thinking a pressure cooker or pipe-bomb. Maybe C4 or Semtex. But I’m certain...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 3 min
Whirlpool Rebel
By Dave Gregory - Bryan Jarvis was trespassing. I knew the word from signs on trees and fence posts along the highway but it applied to...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 6 min
A Different Kind of Reunion
By Marlene Kurban - The email from my old college boyfriend, Stefan, came the same day I received a letter from my alma mater announcing...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 6 min
The Joys of Misfortune
By Franz Jørgen Neumann - After waiting for a few potential buyers to enter the on-the-market home of Eric and Erica Sweet, Kirk and...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 10 min
Cake
By Anne Dorrian - Maria puts the key in the lock like an expert defusing an explosive device. Now that Francesca is dead it's unclear...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 4 min
Sitting with My Boys
Editor's Note: This story is creative non-fiction. By Barbara Thompson - “Where did you get that tan?” “In a cemetery.” The question is...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 12 min
This is What Happens
By Cynthia McVay - Ruben floats over to Sabrina and gives her a kiss. "Am I allowed to do that?" Sabrina smiles. He's being confusing on...
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- Aug 15, 2021
- 8 min
Plastic Breath
By Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi - After seven days of intolerable confinement, Izzy decided that this foggy afternoon was the right time to...
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