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"Jocelyn's Romance" by Carl Parsons
Jocelyne knew her husband Roland quite well, she thought, at least in most respects. That is to say, she knew his habits, his movements,...
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Apr 1, 202112 min read
"The Smell of Lilacs" by Jeremy Althof
"It’s just a quick prick, and then we can get your paperwork squared away, "said the Food and Beverage manager. He was a heavyset man,...
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Feb 7, 202116 min read
"To Move is To Hope" by Scott Hoshida
On Sunday morning, the single day of respite for the farmworkers Skeets Tanimura showered alone behind a patched-together fence and under...
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Feb 7, 202121 min read
"The Way Back" by Roi J Tamkin
I still wear the cap Lorraine gave me. A loving gift for just being me. Lorraine was the Born-Again Christian I knew from a place in my...
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Feb 7, 202113 min read
"The Path to Halfway Falls" by Lynn Levin
The mountain trail was steep, and the tansy scent of bear clover wafted through the April air. Higby, Chuck, and Dean set out at first...
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Feb 7, 202113 min read
"Something Like Angels" by Megan Fahey
prana From the moment the curly-haired girl, whose name you can’t ever remember, set her first bare foot into the studio, you knew there...
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Feb 7, 202133 min read
"Perfect Hunger" by Mark Miller
There is no good way to call up my old dealer and ask if he can get me some cocaine because I kind of burned that bridge when I called...
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Feb 7, 202121 min read
"Joe's Toe or the Day I Discovered My Husband is a Pimp" by Jackie Goodwin
The morning was cold and the sky was just turning pink. Joe drove us to the hospital. He was nervous because of his toe surgery and...
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Feb 7, 202118 min read
"Baby’s Breath" by Christina Hicks
Twenty-seven Weeks Facing the toilet bowl, eyes squeezed shut, my fingers trace the wall to the toilet paper and tear off a thin, white...
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Feb 7, 202122 min read
"High Roller"by Steve Legomsky
You couldn't design a more fitting stereotype of a mid-level State Department functionary than Connor Kelly. Forty-one years old, just a...
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Dec 24, 202013 min read
"Eddie, Lennie, and Berenice" by Steven Leech
“The teeth,” said John Lofland, student of medicine, “shall last as long as bone, when flesh is gone and turned to dust and the grave...
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Dec 24, 202017 min read
"You're Fine By Rebecca L Monroe
Patty settled on the bench, watching her seven-year-old daughter, Melissa, race to join the others at the swing set. There were four in...
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Dec 24, 202010 min read
"Wolves" by Kenneth Hinegardner
James woke from a fitful sleep ripe with childhood monsters lurking under his bed and stealing into his dreams. Monsters that had faded...
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Dec 24, 202018 min read
"May You Be Comforted" by Jacob Frommer
Viesha took great pleasure in waking Hersh Wolf. Three times each week she took the elevator up to his apartment, opened the heavy wooden...
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Dec 24, 202024 min read
"Buying Local" by Dillon McLaughlin
In stereotypical nosy neighbor fashion, Mairead Murphy pulled one of the slats on her blinds down and peeked out the front window of her...
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Dec 24, 202024 min read
"How to Use Narcan" by Bonnie E. Carlson
Jessa sits in the noisy yellow school bus, her eight-year-old brother Gabe at her side on the cracked brown vinyl seat. They jounce their...
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Aug 29, 202025 min read
"West of West" by Benjamin Woodside Schrier
*** You may be surprised to learn it is still possible to send a telegram. I was certainly surprised when, not so long ago, a boy in a...
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Jul 19, 20202 min read
"Laura and Lacey" by Jean Youkers
The most flamboyant and beloved character in the novel Full Moon over Estrogen Island was sophisticated, energetic, and had lived in...
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Jul 19, 202024 min read
"How to Use Narcan" by Bonnie E. Carlson
Jessa sits in the noisy yellow school bus, her eight-year-old brother Gabe at her side on the cracked brown vinyl seat. They jounce their...
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Jul 19, 202021 min read
"Kryztyna's World" by Roger McKnight
A somber drizzle filtered through the fog as Adam Carver headed for home. In a mesh shopping bag, he toted the Havarti his fiancée...
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