The Path to Owl River
By Luke Beling - I told Suzy that the yellowtail were biting, that we couldn't pass up the full moon. "You just be careful. The other...
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- Nov 15, 2022
- 5 min
Trichotillomaniac
By Kelly Dasta- I tug on my eyebrows when I’m bored. I don’t remember when it started. All I know is it’s hard to stop. It’s weird, I...
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- Nov 15, 2022
- 8 min
Joy of Cooking
By Emma Deutsch- Marty watched Julie and Julia tonight (for the nth time; it was her comfort movie) and so she simply had to get back...
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- Nov 15, 2022
- 6 min
Cody, Jason, Parker
By Brittany Ackerman- Parker sends me a Facebook message. He wants to remind me that he’s not coming to visit me, not coming Indiana...
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- Nov 15, 2022
- 10 min
Treasures
By Ryan Pollard- Jay walked out of the store and zipped his jacket against the autumn chill swirling through the suburban box canyon of...
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- Nov 15, 2022
- 6 min
Vegetation
By Elle Boyd- 1998 Meredith sees hanging plants in the window and walks in without noticing the name of the shop. Inside is a jungle of...
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- Nov 15, 2022
- 4 min
Cartoons Can't Stick to Time
By Flor Vega-Castillo– I’ve been trying to remember what the instructions he gave me that day were. Nothing too complicated as building a...
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- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
In No Way Delighted
By Sophie Kearing- We’re ready to tell you the story of The Americano. We call him that because morning, noon, and night he can be found...
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- Jul 15, 2022
- 1 min
What Speaks To Me
By Cathryn Shea- Lately, I’m mindful of insects and arachnids though I’m not hearing them in great swarms and of course spiders are...
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- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
This Story Has No End
By Kate Maxwell- In a triangle patch of overgrown green, between lanes of traffic and bored faces behind glass, a stand-off simmers....
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- Jul 15, 2022
- 6 min
The Perils of Dentistry
By Ella Torres- Dr. Dennis’ office was littered with signs. Even before you stepped into the small makeshift dentistry office, signage...
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- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
Restless
By Katy Goforth- I want to hear the music building to a crescendo in the theme song of Young and the Restless. My stubby eight-year-old...
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- Jul 15, 2022
- 7 min
A Little Girl Whose Name I Can't Quite Remember
By William Kitcher- And then I saw myself in the future. I looked ninety or a hundred or eighty, who can tell? Once you’re past a certain...
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- Jun 15, 2022
- 8 min
Words Left Unspoken
By Britt Marie Box - The hinges creaked and floorboards groaned as Jennifer opened the door and entered the old cottage. The inside of...
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- Jun 15, 2022
- 7 min
In The Rothko Chapel
By Mike Lee - Katerina stood staring at the broken obelisk sculpted by Barnett Newman, set in a pool next to the Rothko Chapel. The...
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- Jun 15, 2022
- 1 min
The Evening Habits of Lora, Age 89
By Jenny Wong - SoftBlue98.2 The radio station doesn't exist anymore. But tonight, like every night, just before ten, she prepares a cup...
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- Jun 15, 2022
- 4 min
Long Lost
By Maggie Nerz Iribarne - If it weren’t for the faculty meeting, she’d be done by now, heading home, Susan thought. Glancing at the...
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- Jun 15, 2022
- 3 min
Close as Breath
By Mandira Pattnaik - When they went into the air, with their wings flapping, the occasional glide, my mother always asked me to look...
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- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min
Bridge
By Joe Ray W - The boy became a man as he clenched his fist in the morning mist. In one single night, his skin had wrapped so tight...
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- Jun 15, 2022
- 4 min
Sleep Talking
By Michael Belanger - The first night Tina began talking in her sleep, she told Jim to shut the fridge. Jim’s eyes sprang open and he sat...
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