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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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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- Feb 12, 2022
- 4 min
That Psychotic Bear - Ilene Marcus
The polar bear stayed underwater all day. After all, it was too hot for him most of the time. Polar bears don’t usually live in New...
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- Feb 4, 2022
- 3 min
Dandelions and Four Leaf Clovers - Elise Lerner
It’s almost my birthday. I realize I’ve been waiting for more than half a century to get better, to get smarter, to get happier. That’s...
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- Jan 16, 2022
- 3 min
Generations - Hannah Montante
I step into the hallway, bare feet touching cold tile. I try to ignore the cobwebs dangling in corners where the low ceilings and walls...
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- Nov 15, 2021
- 4 min
Creating an Intentional World - Rose Canfield
Mice no longer run in a panic looking over their furry shoulders, there is no need, the cats have died and no replacement has been made....
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- Nov 1, 2021
- 12 min
The Goddamn Miracles of Nature
“It’s okay! I’m right here!” Lynn says. Her five-year-old daughter June whimpers. June has float wings on, but she keeps eyeing the...
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- Oct 30, 2021
- 3 min
Centenary
I invited my neighbor Miss T. out to dinner for her 100th birthday. “Anyplace you want to go,” I said. Tiny and trim, surely under a...
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- Sep 22, 2021
- 4 min
Christi Krug - The Hiccup Man
Two little monkeys jumping on the bed. When it’s raining, we jump from Theodore’s bed to the folding chair, but it’s a long way and...
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- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
The Pleasures of Today - Ashley Brie Myers
Today is both ordinary and singular, for it is a Saturday in August in the midst of a pandemic, and I’m alone in Vermont. When I say...
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- Sep 14, 2021
- 2 min
Teeth - Martha Taylor
My cousin Jackie and I are five years old, standing on the shore of the Patuxent River, white sand under our bare feet, fine as ground...
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- Aug 1, 2021
- 5 min
Soon It Will Be Spring - Grace Kennedy
On my 5th day of taking antidepressants I find out I have COVID. Or at least, I suspect I do. It is February 4th, 2021: I have moved out...
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