Carol - Philip Shelley
In my senior year of college, I sublet a one-bedroom shoebox on St. Marks Place and started working weekends at a holdout father-and-son...
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- Apr 7, 2021
- 6 min
Batty - Sammi Curran
When she was sixteen, an incredible itch started in Sadie Rowan’s head. It sat in on the left side of her brain just underneath her...
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- Apr 4, 2021
- 7 min
Familia - Rommy Cortez Driks
Rina immediately felt clearer and more peaceful when she picked up one of the large silver hoop earrings with a tourmaline quartz bead...
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- Mar 29, 2021
- 8 min
The End of Loneliness - Jesse Schoen
TC let out a sigh, closed her laptop, and glanced from where she sat at her kitchen table over to Pear, her faceless, limbless cat-sized...
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- Mar 28, 2021
- 10 min
Bomb Girl Ballet - Jennifer Giacalone
Lily knows the girl from the factory by her first name only, Rose. Rose is the only Black girl on Lily’s shift. She’s taciturn, gruff,...
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- Mar 24, 2021
- 12 min
The Narrative Game - Jane-Marie Anderson
My dad lays across the denim couch, his ankles off the end of the armrest and his belt threaded but unbuckled, one forearm dangling off...
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- Mar 11, 2021
- 9 min
Priscilla - Andi Schwartz
A shadow fell across my lap, darkening the page of my book, and I knew it was Priscilla. That’s how it always was with Priscilla. She’d...
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- Mar 10, 2021
- 6 min
Mold - Nicole Stroh
She was pissed. Livid. Though the tang of salty air kept her at bay, and quite literally. Inhaling sea-breeze, feeling the air...
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- Mar 2, 2021
- 8 min
Rain and Snow - Sue Starling
Soft grey rain slid across Sarah’s face as she panted up the hill, pushing the pram as fast and hard as she could, up and away from...
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- Mar 1, 2021
- 7 min
Leaving Reina Isabel - Anna Nicole Torres
When I’m let out of school, Juan Carlos is waiting for me beside his black Toyota Corolla. The tires, sides and bumper are dusted with...
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- Feb 24, 2021
- 8 min
Let’s Make a Deal - Nikki McKenzie
“The drugs don’t give you a warning sign before they hit, they just sneak up on ya when you least expect it, so always watch out for...
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- Feb 22, 2021
- 10 min
Birthright - Amber Schulthise
It had been a little over a month since my transformation from “Lauren Albright’s ugly little sister” to “Lesley Albright, basketball...
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- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
My New Name - Collin McFadyen
We moved here after the divorce so Mom could start college again. I like it ok. Every apartment has a kid and a mom or dad in school. The...
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- Jan 29, 2021
- 6 min
i’ll hang it in the toilet - Valene Kane
Caryn hadn’t wanted to wear that dress this morning. It was fresh from the dryer and felt stiff and starchy next to her skin. She hoked...
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- Jan 25, 2021
- 13 min
blu(e) - Heather Nichole O'Brien
"We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not...
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- Jan 21, 2021
- 10 min
Folkloric - Hannah Vitiello
The surface of the fjord was still until a rock skipped across the grey water. Mara chose another flat, silvery rock, and weighed it in...
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- Jan 20, 2021
- 12 min
Night Song - Mike L. Nichols
I’m lying somewhere, uncomfortable. In our bed? It feels like I’m going to be waking up with a headache. My leg is stiff and aching. I...
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- Jan 15, 2021
- 15 min
Am I Home Yet? - Maya McLeroy
I sit in Train Car C, harsh rain pelting down on the roof. My mother is asleep, her head resting on my shoulder. “She’s safe,” my mother...
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- Jan 14, 2021
- 9 min
Letting the Light In - Claire Van Winkle
There is a correct way to dress a window: you must measure first. You must choose the proper hardware. These fabrics are fixtures, and...
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- Jan 13, 2021
- 7 min
Unquiet - Julianna DeAngelis
She might be the smartest person in her school. Or at least in this class. And she’s genuinely so attractive, in, like, a nonconventional...
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