In A Half Shell

Nick GregorioSeptember 1, 2015

In a Half Shell   The boy ties the orange mask around his head, fits the green plastic nose over his own. He breathes deep. He smiles. The smell r...

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bent, not broken | remember

Grace BlackSeptember 1, 2015

bent, Not broken   i am the interpretive dance you couldn't decipher because you read with airs in your teeth splitting hairs and turning grey ...

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Living with Regret

P.J. SambeauxSeptember 1, 2015

“Living” with Regret   “I don’t really know what to say... I don’t talk too good in front of people…I’m not used to…”   “Why don’t start by intr...

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Give Your Face a Rest

Jade S. LewisSeptember 1, 2015

Give Your Face a Rest It was still there. It wouldn’t go away not matter what he did, not stretching, not taping, not hooking over his ears made a difference...

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YOUR HUMAN CHILD & YOU

Justin MuschongAugust 1, 2015

YOUR HUMAN CHILD & YOU   Translated from the original binary   BEGIN TRANSMISSION Modern science is breaking new ground in the study of huma...

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This Version Is Obsolete

Alex SharpAugust 1, 2015

This Version Is Obsolete   The bus deposited Cleo in the parking lot across from the mall. She squinted at the warehouse, flanked by a "Gold Emporium...

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The Annotated Godzilla

Brandon PattersonAugust 1, 2015

The Annotated Godzilla           Godzilla, lord of kaiju, monster of my dreams. My friend, my fiend. God-zill-a: ...

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A Peculiar Synchronicity

Connie GuoAugust 1, 2015

A Peculiar Synchronicity   You saw me, but you said nothing. You pretended not to look at me while I pretended not to look at you, but we could distinc...

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From The Center Out

Alex JufferJuly 1, 2015

From The Center Out          I didn't notice anything strange until halfway through my shower when I saw beads of water ...

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Empty: A Cookbook

Malia BradshawJuly 1, 2015

Empty: A Cookbook     Recipe for a Headache              Step 1:    &n...

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Three on a Spit

Stuart RossJune 1, 2015

Three on a Spit   Where’s Stacy? She’s returning to New York from Los Angeles, seat 13C. She’s in the air, not laughing at The Office, she’s in the air...

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AWAY WITH WORDS

Megan NanfitoJune 1, 2015

AWAY WITH WORDS            it hovered in the air above Ty, shimmering and flexible like sunlight. His charred ton...

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The Days Grow Shorter

Sean TannerJune 1, 2015

The Days Grow Shorter     The days grow shorter. Our lives grow shorter too. Our tempers and patience shrink accordingly. Our vigour then has les...

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The Subject

Robin van EckMay 1, 2015

The Subject     The Subject: Female. Caucasian. 19 years old. Reasonable physical health. No known history of mental illness.    &n...

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never leave a life unshattered

Denis TricocheMay 1, 2015

never leave a life unshattered     behind you dance many versions of yourself.   the last day of summer school is the same as ever...

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Tough Choices at the Door of the Prison of Guilt

Trevor ShikazeMay 1, 2015

Tough Choices at the Door of the Prison of Guilt                   Section A.       Welcome to the Prison...

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Manic Depressive Dream Girl

Naadeyah HaseebApril 1, 2015

'Manic Depressive Dream Girl' is now a book! It can be purchased here: http://www.maudlinhousepress.com/books/manic-depressive-dream-girl     Manic...

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Murder and Ice Cream

Joshua Lorenzo NewettApril 1, 2015

Murder and Ice Cream   Four men lay dead or dying in the middle of a coniferous forest at the base of the Alps, blood running from their gaping wound...

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Twisting The Moon

W.T. PatersonMarch 1, 2015

Twisting The Moon        It happened just before our parents were born, back when the days were only 20 hours long. A man sa...

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Popo & Ix

Elizeya QuateMarch 1, 2015

Popo & Ix   To I. Cross & the Other Communists.   The semester after Cynthia Tsang and I split up I had what some would call a little ne...

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Filter From the End of the World

Mark FlehmerFebruary 1, 2015

Filter From the End of the World   An alert came in on my cell phone through a text message from the US Government.   “The earth will explod...

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The Amazing Vanishing Girls

Stuart SnelsonFebruary 1, 2015

The Amazing Vanishing Girls   Alone in rooms they dwindled.   They had met online. Skinny inclinations had drawn them together. Young girls,...

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Cloudberry

Sam PickettJanuary 1, 2015

Cloudberry   The room is dimly lit, within its depths, a baby whimpers atop a nest of human skulls.   Flash.   This macabre tableaux is c...

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Shadow of a Man

Eric LutzJanuary 1, 2015

Shadow of a Man   When she wakes in the middle of the night, she sees the tall shadow of a man stretched across the door. Her eyes are blurry and unadjus...

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Leadership Camp

Star SpiderJanuary 1, 2015

Leadership Camp   “Where’s your girlfriend Joe?” Marlene asked.   “She got bit…I left her. I left her…” Joe put his hands on his knees and his hea...

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Forty-Five

Vanessa EcclesDecember 1, 2014

Forty-Five     My demons stare back at me through the reflection of my son’s eyes and at the blowing end of a .45.   I watch my ten-year-old’s...

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Funeral for a Friend

Oumar MussaDecember 1, 2014

Funeral for a Friend Muttering a frustrated slew of curses under his breath, Mo was going through his sixth attempt to fasten a Windsor knot around his shirt...

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CYBERCHONDRIA

Anna FoleyDecember 1, 2014

CYBERCHONDRIA   Steven banged into the computer keyboard, he had his handwritten list of medical conditions beside the screen to remind him of all the ...

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The Workplace

Cameron YowDecember 1, 2014

The Workplace Some say I am a people person. None are/ have been/will be my co-workers. I find myself too readily annoyed by my co-workers who are not just ec...

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Izmir Adventures

Brad Mount LueDecember 1, 2014

Izmir Adventures Standing in Izmir, the chaotic coastal city of Turkey, I felt the cool September breeze blowing in from the distant Aegean Sea. Cooler than ...

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