Dating in San Francisco

Alia SpartzMay 15, 2026

All my girlfriends on the apps say that if they see one more guy with poly in their profile, they’re going to kill themselves. But I’m not really ready to die y...

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Episode 3: The City They Tried to Bury

Wade HarrisMay 12, 2026

Chapter 9 - Internal Review The council chamber stank of disinfectant, politics, and fear. ...

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The Hayeater

Brian RawlinsMay 11, 2026

I’m sitting in the Cadillac. The sun is rising over the motel, and just like he said, the steering wheel is ivory. I put his keys in the ignition, then stop to ...

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A 2013 Screening of Secretary (2002)

Emma FoleyMay 8, 2026

I showed Olive an inappropriate movie that I’d found in my mom’s room and she sat still on the pleather couch, her hair fanned out over the head cushions.  M...

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Richard Hands is dead

Will SimpsonMay 7, 2026

That was the rumour going around school. Only we said, Dick Hands is dead, because that was what we all called him. Which, to be fair, was still technically his...

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Elegy for the Kingdom of Twinkdom and Its Brief, Violent Reign

Ryan NormanMay 5, 2026

At 25 and three months, I was a knife. The sharpness digging into the life I knew.   Knife hips that cut my waist. Sharp collarbones reflecting club ...

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The Scratch

Joe BohlingerMay 4, 2026

TO DO LIST Clean bathroom Vacuum  Pack  Dismantle bed frame  He stole his roommate’s tools. He had never owned any. He chose a hex key. Wrong s...

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Arrow Park

Stephano PereiraMay 1, 2026

I almost died because I was stupid. Maybe that’s what saved me. I didn’t even react in the right way. I just wanted to smoke. I had spent the morning taking ...

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Big Red

Mayra KalaoraMay 1, 2026

Maude is on the 10th floor of an Upper East Side building, and Dr. K. is about to fix her. To get here, she has taken the kind of elevator that doesn’t have but...

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Tony Soprano Needs My Help

Coleman McCannApril 30, 2026

When I lost my job in May of 2025, I moved back into my mother’s house in New Jersey. That hurt, let me tell you. I spent most days rewatching The Sopranos. I’m...

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The Very Brief, Very Beautiful Life of The Only Person in Flordia Named Yuri Gagarin

Maxfield Francis GoldmanApril 29, 2026

Flowers barricaded her front door. Neighbors had been leaving them there for weeks now. Baskets of hibiscus, and twine-bundled cones of begonias. Colorful envel...

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A Special Connection

Madeline PaskowApril 27, 2026

Samantha Friedrich ran an equestrian Instagram account with 10,000 followers when she was twelve. By fifteen, she was Sam, and the posts were memes. And by seve...

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Fool’s Gold and Gas Prices

Westley HeineApril 27, 2026

On stage Xavier was a gentle folk singer. His Appalachian drawl dripped drops of wisdom from the microphone. Yet get a few beers in him and he would go full roc...

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Blue Delusion

Travis ShosaApril 24, 2026

I’m at Liam’s place, externally zonked out on his polyester couch, but inside, where no one can see, I am a declawed kitty cat, futilely scrambling up the walls...

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Flying Spaghetti Monster

Ian liptakApril 22, 2026

I could say I’m scared. Or that the knot in my stomach from a half box of pasta has only grown over the past hour. Grandma used to sing On Top of Spaghetti, it’...

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She’s a Bengal

Billy PepicelliApril 16, 2026

“So, what did you think of the space?” “I liked it. It was…funky.” “Please, take a seat. Water?”  “No, thanks. I’m good. My, what an interesting lookin...

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Exhibit F

Miriam BarnesApril 15, 2026

The following is an excerpt from the recently incarcerated Myrtle Marks' website: Family Matters    <Note from the prosecution: All links within t...

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New Thoughts on Meek People

Adam KazApril 15, 2026

Robert’s right eye was noticeably larger than his left, and he exhibited a polite reserve that was sweet at first but grating over time. He was thirty-seven yea...

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A Story That’s Not Really About My Date, Who Reads Minds

Martin Reid SanchezApril 14, 2026

“The tricky thing about telepathy is understanding what you hear,” Marco said. “People’s thoughts aren’t neatly ordered, Alice, they, the thoughts I mean, they ...

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Accidents and Emergencies

Tim FrankApril 13, 2026

Falling down the stairs is no joke. The need for a minivan full of pills to numb the nonstop pain is worse. And why are the tablets always made beside nightclub...

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Pink Flamingos

Sarp SozdinlerApril 10, 2026

It was my idea to crack open the last bottle of tequila, the one with no label on it, just the word tequila scrawled across it in red Sharpie. A survivor from s...

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Nobody Loves the Bassist

Heather EmmanuelApril 9, 2026

The rehearsal space smells like dust and burnt wires and lemon cleaner. My boyfriend says it smells like success. My boyfriend also plays lead guitar bought by ...

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We Scientists Have Taught AI to Experience Emotion! (Mostly Sadness)

Mitch RussellApril 7, 2026

Well done, scientific community. We have achieved something truly incredible today. Emotion, once thought to be solely the purview of humankind, can now be expe...

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Runaway

Krystle RatticusApril 7, 2026

An Excerpt from Ornery Cuss I. I left in the late morning, after my mom went to work. We'd had an argument before hand and she said things she could n...

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A Guide for Mr.Pibb

Luca CampagnoliApril 7, 2026

1. Forget Your Name Usually they get professionals or singers or celebrities to do this kind of thing, but today they’ve chosen you. You become this sort of ...

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EMMA STONE RADIO PLAY

Nate MillerApril 3, 2026

I. Emma Stone clipping toenails We hear Emma clipping her toenails: a hesitant, musical sound. EMMA: Emma Stone… clipping… toenails. So weird. When I cli...

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Employee Completely Denies Being a Piece of Shit

Aaron BootApril 1, 2026

He stamped the paper with the authority of someone who knew the stamp meant nothing. The man passed the paper to me. I folded it four times and placed it in my ...

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Handling It: Every Lifetime Your Roommate Kills Your Cat

Ruby DavisApril 1, 2026

Martin is sadistic toward the spiders in the corner. He taunts them with glass jars, with paper towels. He gets them to crawl, slow, cautious, onto the paper an...

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Gravitron

Daisy CashinMarch 30, 2026

“It can’t always be a full moon. It mostly ever isn’t a full moon,” I said to the sky as I looked out from the Ferris wheel into the smug face on the full moon ...

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3rd Grade Demagogue

Ethan BrashearMarch 26, 2026

6:00 A.M., and the little bastards arrived right on time. There must have been at least fifty of these tiny intellectuals. Breakfast always started at six, and ...

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