Ricky - Keilly Austin Ulery
Lately, all there is to do is think. About what could have been. About all the myriads of choices you made in your life, the one (but...
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- Jan 9, 2021
- 7 min
The Football on the Lawn - Phyliss Merion Shanken
The slightly deflated football stuck out of the grassy soil as if the lower point had been glued into a carved-out gravesite. I don’t...
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- Jan 8, 2021
- 9 min
Jewish Adult - Rachel Mauro
The Paratrooper tilted slightly as it reached the top of its loop, and Sarah clung to Caroline. Caroline laughed, tossing her thick,...
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- Jan 5, 2021
- 8 min
Dawn - Elena Ender
My sister Dana had recently gotten dumped by her boyfriend Teddy. I liked him fine, but knew he wasn’t “the one,” just the right wrong...
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- Jan 4, 2021
- 8 min
Going Through It - M.J. Garland
I would’ve been better off growing wild on a hillside, or even pushing up through a sidewalk crack in some neglected suburb. In your...
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- Jan 2, 2021
- 14 min
Untold - Vera Vaughan Hough
There's a story I don't tell about two stupid things that happened. One thing happened the summer before high school started. I was at...
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- Dec 31, 2020
- 5 min
Birthday Dinner - Ruth Niemiec
Luca raises the wine glass to her mouth. A simple move to conceal her disdain. The dining hall is dimly lit, festoon lights hang low...
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- Dec 21, 2020
- 10 min
Something to Do at Parties - Caroline Galdi
Niles and Ollie knew instinctively what to wear to the party. Like it was a sense they’d been born with, the same way birds know to...
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- Nov 12, 2020
- 8 min
Little White Church - Joe Tom King
I felt like hammered shit. Last night had left internal tattoos all through my body. Too much whiskey and too much smoke left me feeling...
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- Nov 11, 2020
- 6 min
In a Time of War - Suzette Blom
Jansen crouched low, his body hidden by the corn stalks. The air was still beneath the leaden November sky. He pushed his chilblained...
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- Oct 11, 2020
- 12 min
Don't - Belinda McCauley
She didn’t tell me when it could’ve mattered. She didn’t tell me when it would’ve made a difference. She didn’t say it, and I didn’t say...
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- Oct 6, 2020
- 13 min
Baby - Sunshine Barbito
The doors sigh open. It asks me to enter through its mouth. Quarters jingle and things rattle in my backpack. I swing it around the front...
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- Oct 4, 2020
- 7 min
Lincoln City - A.R. Hoffman
A blue light blinks on the top corner of your phone. Has for two days and almost 2000 miles. Come home. But you haven't opened it, just...
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- Sep 20, 2020
- 11 min
Blue Suitcase - Summer Hammond
"To June and Rain. Sisters. Free at last." Rain's eyes shone bright as the wine in the glass she raised. We clinked, side by side on the...
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- Sep 17, 2020
- 8 min
The Visit - Samantha Hegarty
I couldn’t wait to see you and I couldn’t wait for you to see me. I’m all grown up now, after all, and not the willowy scared thing you...
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- Sep 15, 2020
- 12 min
True Events - Delaney Sweet
In case I am one day questioned on the events that happened on this exact day here is precisely, exactly what happened. I woke up before...
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- Sep 3, 2020
- 19 min
Songs About Forever - Sam Cooke
Thinking about Tanner tonight starts with a bottle of Dijon mustard, the worst condiment if you ask me. Though, I can’t remember if I’ve...
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- Aug 31, 2020
- 12 min
Late in the Season - Lisa Michelle Moore
The summer Terra got pregnant with Maisy was the hottest since they’d started keeping track. She’d fallen asleep as the heat of the day...
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- Aug 26, 2020
- 8 min
Resonance - Marjory Faion
It was temporary. That’s what she told herself, leaning her head against the window of the plane. The tarmac below gave off little...
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- Aug 21, 2020
- 14 min
The Culture Thief - Suzette Blom
I had known Augusta Griffiths for what seemed like a long time. Not well mind you. But I knew her, if saying hello occasionally and...
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