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"Vladimir Plays the Odds" by Raya Yarbrough
Vladimir came to America from Russia in 1998. “All of my buddies, they gambles.” And tonight, he is my Lyft...
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"Matter is the Problem of the House" by Ben Gibbons
Matter is the problem of the house, which is the problem with me. Matter and the problem of the house can be neither created nor...
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"Have You Heard The One About The Anorexic & Chili’s? I Think It Goes Something Like" by Megan Williams
An anorexic walks into Chili’s. She opens the menu and dies from shock. An anorexic walks into Chili’s. She doesn’t open the menu,...
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Against an Apostrophe by Emily Ellerbe
after Brian Doyle Consider the word takhi for a moment. Written, the word might remind you of a Taki, the preservative-loaded,...
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"The Antidote" by Karen Regen Tuero
For a long time she’d been grappling with the question of why she bothered to write. She knew it wasn’t to connect with potential readers...
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Apr 294 min read
"Mavis and Bruce" by Angela Townsend
Bruce and Mavis, Mavis and Bruce. They blow through my hair like the Holy Spirit. Our double helixes have never danced, but they are...
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Apr 295 min read
"Existing As Glass" by Aarron Sholar
It was nearly 7pm. I stood at the drop-off counter at the pharmacy as I waited for help from the man behind the counter. People walked...
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Apr 292 min read
"Undine" by Madeline Chriest
Start a bath. Walk backwards. Out to the petroleum hall, past the propane and plumbing to polluted-body days. Days of dark and ocean...
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Apr 296 min read
"Daaood's Tears" Candice Kelsey
on April 10, 2024, O.J. Simpson died from prostate cancer There is a building at La Cienega that has been a variety of things throughout...
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Apr 295 min read
"Existing as Glass" by Aarron Sholar
It was nearly 7pm. I stood at the drop-off counter at the pharmacy as I waited for help from the man behind the counter. People walked...
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Apr 292 min read
"Billet-doux – A Parable" by Kenneth M. Kapp
An Envelope G. turned away from the corner; the toppled streetlight was partially covered by snow and the sun reflecting off the dirty...
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Nov 21, 20232 min read
"Premonition" by Jack B. Bedell
My son finally hit me with a request I didn't want to answer the other day. He asked me if there was ever a fight I refused to watch. If...
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Nov 21, 20233 min read
"flannel zuizhitsu" by Liam Strong
eidetic photo of ham sandwich perched atop fire hydrant outside the Woodmere library. somewhere i hear my great grandpa smile & die in...
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Nov 20, 20233 min read
"The Moon" by Mrityunjay Mohan
It is summer. Ice skips into my mouth. Berries hang on the fingers of plants, grains sprout against the toes of the fields. The sun...
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Nov 20, 20232 min read
"The Night" by Mrityunjay Mohan
The night is a painting on the shore of my mind. It teeters on the edge like a cliff being swallowed by water. My body being eaten by the...
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Nov 20, 20234 min read
"Slips"by Christine Spillson
Memory will rust and erode into lists --John K. Samson She once wrote why she loved me. She didn’t write it in a letter or a story or in...
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Nov 20, 20234 min read
"A Series of Goodbyes" by Sam Moe
1. You don’t know how to leave and stay gone. There are strands of your longing all over town; chalk residue on his driveway, the sticky...
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Mar 20, 20231 min read
"Leak Proof" by Beth Vigoren
Black garbage bags hide. She has uncovered family photos, kid's art projects, broken devices, uneaten food, and soiled tissues—no...
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Mar 13, 20233 min read
"The Forest Door" by Hannah Grace Greer
It seems to me, that when we sleep our unconscious drips. When I was a child, I always knew the forest. On school trips, I would go off...
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Mar 13, 20233 min read
"Steps for Frying: A Guide for Birds", "Contemplation on Going-to-the-Sun Road" by Jen Karetnick
Steps for Frying: A Guide for Birds I. Quail is a good starter bird for when you want to learn how to deep-fry a turkey, excoriate in...
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