PANDEMICAL PERSPECTIVE - Maddalena Beltrami
PANDEMICAL PERSPECTIVE The pandemic has changed life for so many people in so little time. New relationships have been forged out of...
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- Aug 24
- 11 min
Ms. M - Kayla Branstetter
“Just remember, you’re not alone,” Ms. M said as she cradled the eighteen-year-old college freshman girl, looking past the watery wells...
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- Aug 12
- 8 min
Cigarette Smoke. - Phoebe Robertson
When cigarette smoke enters your mouth the lining in your nose and esophagus will almost immediately become red and irritated. This is...
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- Aug 11
- 13 min
1st Place Short Story Contest: Finding You - Emma Zimmerman
On the day I met Alec, I wore a pink They Might be Giants tee, the same one my aunt had worn in the eighties — the sleeves cut off and...
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- Aug 9
- 4 min
About Saying No - Corinne O’Shaughnessy
I turn 60 and think, Shit, if I want learn Spanish someday, I better get crackin’. So I move to Oaxaca and enroll in language school, but...
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- Aug 6
- 8 min
Is Putin Still the Only Choice? - Judy Richardson
I remember when, on November 18 of 1956, Kruschev declared, “We will bury you!”. (What he actually said was, "My vas pokhoronim,” which...
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- Aug 3
- 10 min
Short-Lived Love - Constantina Safiliou Rothschild
I didn’t care how badly he spoke Greek. John was strikingly handsome. Beautiful dark brown eyes, a well-proportionated body, and dashing...
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- Jul 28
- 2 min
The Kind of Morning Where - Dartinia Hull
It’s been the kind of morning where: You know you mopped the kitchen floor last night but it’s sticky this morning, so you mop again. You...
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- Jul 19
- 7 min
Leaning into Spring - Jessica Shepherd
Here in south-central Alaska, winter seemed to drag on and on. Deep cold hung with us into March, snow fell almost daily from December...
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- Jul 16
- 5 min
Smoking - Corinne Patrice de Palma
When I awoke that day, I remember the faint sound of the cuckoo clock downstairs. Cuckoo. Cuckoo. Doing. Doing. Cuckoo. My mother...
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- Jul 7
- 5 min
MAHALO - Linda S. Gunther
When my husband Bob surprised me with a near end of pandemic get-away to Honolulu I was beyond thankful. “Yes, I’m in!” I blurted with...
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- Jul 1
- 4 min
Jess D. Taylor - Somehow Still Mystical
At almost 22 years old, I wasn't used to guys who were invested in my orgasms and never tried to get away without using a condom. My love...
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- Jun 16
- 11 min
Chameleon - Lily Walker
1 We drove from Harlem to Vermont in silence. My sister Jodie sat next to me in the backseat, reading when the sun was out and sleeping...
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- May 21
- 7 min
Drink Tequila For Your Sorrows (Bebe Tequila Por Tus Penas) - Ashuni Lucía Pérez
Somewhere over the border of Arkansas and Tennessee, I was forced to slide on my cheap sunglasses, shut my window, and try my best to get...
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- May 19
- 9 min
Viola x Joel-COVID Chronicles Bi or Gay, but Definitely Not Straight - Miko Reed Collins
April 2020 He thinks I am gay and wants to take me to see a therapist because apparently, I don’t love his dick enough. Don’t salivate...
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- May 3
- 12 min
I Sea - Annie Wood
I’m sitting at the stern of the boat, on the transom, in my new sexy sporty bikini from Target while the tall, tanned and toned Steven is...
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- Apr 23
- 3 min
Autopilot - Chelsea Vincenzi
After something sudden and violent happens to the body, it switches to autopilot. You're still you, but at the same time, not. A piece of...
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- Apr 7
- 6 min
An Hour as a Venus Flytrap - Stoness Verda
I lead them into the third room. Second from the back, not the best space but they only give that one to larger groups anyway. We...
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- Mar 30
- 3 min
Strands - Kelsey Wellington
My sister used to tell me she hated me for my hair. She wanted her wavy, frizzy hair to grow stick-straight like mine, to be left alone...
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- Mar 18
- 7 min
Period Story - Hannah Berman
“Log log log! Ladies who log regularly are more aware of what’s going on down there.” It has been 96 days since my last period, a record....
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