A Bar Mitzvah Divided - Ross Rosenfeld
It was perhaps the worst idea ever for a bar mitzvah theme. One can understand where it came from, of course. Henry – the boy – or man of...
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- Dec 27, 2021
- 5 min
La Receta Del Mole - Clara X. Roque-Wagner
...y me siguen y me siguen las espadas del invierno. A long time ago, I was afraid of death. From the first moment that I could think, I...
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- Dec 19, 2021
- 6 min
It’s Hard to Write Jokes - Susan Stronach
When I feel like I can’t get something done, an acidic run away, run away creeps through me. Today, I’m trying to ignore it, because...
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- Nov 25, 2021
- 15 min
Follow Me - Gillian Herrin
Wherever Abigail went, I followed. When I was four and toddling along the sunbaked patio of my family’s restaurant, Abigail blocked the...
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- Nov 23, 2021
- 10 min
Where we sat - Rebecca Adele
Now I remembered this drive well. I remembered how being in the car up and over the mountains and down the windy road made me nauseous....
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- Nov 9, 2021
- 10 min
Night Shift - Nikita Anderson
“Same shit, different day Frank,” Eddie said as he took a drag from his cigarette and passed it to me. I nodded in agreement, inhaling...
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- Nov 7, 2021
- 8 min
Dolores - Kate Sowinski
Her ship docked at the tiny outpost station. However, you wouldn't know that if you were looking out the window because the station was...
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- Nov 3, 2021
- 7 min
Hot Water
“Lenard,” I said. “Run me a bath.” I could have done it myself, but I was limp like a dead rabbit, you see. My lungs were cold and...
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- Oct 8, 2021
- 9 min
Mr. Walking Stick - Ron Pullins
“I suppose you also have a walking stick,” I say. “All eight-year-old girls have walking sticks. If you don’t have a walking stick, what...
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- Sep 18, 2021
- 10 min
Bodies Of Women - Sylvia Woodham
Saturday night is the best time for training. No competition with juniors or masters teams crowding us out, making us feel like maybe two...
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- Sep 16, 2021
- 10 min
Snowfall - Clarissa León
It was a winter night when my mother told us she deserved more. A car had stopped on the side of the road and she reminded us then about...
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- Sep 10, 2021
- 7 min
SHITHEAD - Miranda Morris
As usual, I feel the burning creep in around one thirty, halfway through third period. It’s computer class and the lab is lined with boxy...
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- Jul 12, 2021
- 10 min
[Chaos Theory] - Jordan Faber
Sunbeams fillet the pink linoleum of my apartment floor. The rays bake my mattress. I lift my arms, pressing my fingertips to the warmth...
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- Jul 7, 2021
- 13 min
Dress Rehearsal - Andrea Chesman
Violet wakes with a start as Poppy bursts through her grandmother's front door and peeks around the foyer into the living room. "How's...
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- Jun 30, 2021
- 2 min
First Day of School in Alabama - Mary Ellen Chatwin
The wide white stairs of the Bay Minette Grammar School Spread out on each side of us like wings that September morning. Holding Mama’s...
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- Jun 22, 2021
- 8 min
What Keeps Him There - Mackenna Finley
If you were to walk through the front door of the aged yellow house, you would have to pass through each and every one of the small rooms...
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- Jun 14, 2021
- 5 min
As it should be. - Becca Wyant
One day I'll see you again. And someone will introduce us because they won’t have any proof that you and I know each other. Knew each...
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- Jun 13, 2021
- 13 min
Rita - Frida Roque
We drove into the sun. We left the city behind because it didn’t love us. We took the phantom road North. Black spruce and the soft...
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- Jun 12, 2021
- 5 min
Bloodstained Sheets - Sara Wetmore
Anne glided the razor along the length of her leg. Her hand grazed the wet, silky line to detect any missed hairs. It felt strange...
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- Jun 11, 2021
- 9 min
Vignettes from the Alley - Mila Beliso
I. A Door Closes Closed. This is what Maryanne mouthed against double-doors lined in steel, her lips nearly kissing the bulletproof...
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