Pretending to Be Asleep

Donovan SwiftJune 8, 2016

It all happens here. The interior design is unintentionally retro and ash trays haunt the tables like relics of a less civilized time. A man tells his wife that...

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Engine Flooding

Claire OlesonJune 2, 2016

You can see the cellphone, flushed teal underneath at least three feet of water, shiver when the pond’s surface gets frayed by the wind. You are on your hands a...

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Strangers in a Car

Jordan RizzieriMay 26, 2016

There is a train running through my bedroom. I realize how ridiculous this sounds. Perhaps it’s not a train in my bedroom, but rather a dresser and two nights...

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Selfish Clouds

Sarah GladyMay 19, 2016

I am so thirsty for the news of bats. When the sickness came when we were in college, they first said it was pigs and primates, but then they turned to bats. Wh...

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RE: West Property

Claire HoppleMay 18, 2016

From: Clark Hartman To: Darcie West   RE: West Property August 18, 2015 at 10:15am   Automatic Reply: I will be out of the office starting Tues...

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One Night in Cartagena

Lorin DrexlerMay 11, 2016

I recall strange echoes of the Incan woman in Cuenca: “Estás entre la espada y la pared,” which I understood as, “Don’t get caught between the wall and the swo...

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My Anxiety and Me

Tim RaymondMay 5, 2016

My anxiety and I go to Busan because we feel like we should, but then everyone there but us has umbrellas, so we stay off the beaches and just lie in bed in the...

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Dry Laugh Here

Nick PerilliApril 21, 2016

Thomas Paulson was melting onstage. Sweat drew lines from his forehead down through the pancake makeup on his face. The spotlight never used to be this warm, an...

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The Moon Squad

Kate CatinellaApril 7, 2016

We are not astronauts. We didn’t get here on purpose. Thom and Alia were riding ahead of me, side by side, in love like always, down a long stretch of road some...

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Coffee for Robots

Gen Del RayeMarch 23, 2016

The ad says The Best Part of Your Day, and it’s been shining up at Ollie from the bus stop across the street for weeks. In the picture there’s a man in the cab ...

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I’ve Never Liked Magicians, and Going on a Date With One Did Not Change That

Jacob SheltonMarch 16, 2016

This was all my fault. When I drink, I become what has been described as “extremely flirtatious.” Friends who care less about my feelings say that I become “wha...

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I’d Fill that Vacuum

Simon PinkertonMarch 9, 2016

He sat at the table, a vacuum, sucking the life out of everything, wilfully not making eye contact with a family he couldn't bear to converse with, which was a...

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A Syrupy Slide

Bibles AppropoutureMarch 2, 2016

A short stack of thick pancakes, thigh high rump pumpers sloshing white whipped butter into my syrupy reflection, helping me digest my wife’s words regarding it...

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HI, I FOUND A BAT

Laura Del Col BrownFebruary 1, 2016

“Hi, I found a bat.” “Thanks for calling. Where is the bat now?” “On the path, squeaking. It's got a torn wing.” “I'll need you to get the bat int...

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If You Flash For It

Suzanne HymanFebruary 1, 2016

He was standing in the parking lot outside of Taco Bell with a couple cans of Bud Light and Lindsay asked if the two of you could have one.   “Sure,” he...

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Shanghai

Christine PinellaJanuary 1, 2016

Shanghai   In Shanghai the air is thick. Something like glue and garbage. It’s loud and because I don’t speak the language, it’s lonely. This lonelines...

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Skincare

Molly O'BrienJanuary 1, 2016

Skincare   I used to drink nothing but Diet Coke, but now I drink nothing but sparkling water. Sparkling water is so much better for you. When I drin...

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Asparagus

Aaron HousholderJanuary 1, 2016

Asparagus   It was probably a coincidence that I was dreaming about buying a pack of cigarettes from a convenience store when the annoying cash registe...

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The Things You Left Behind

E.N. LoizisDecember 1, 2015

The Things You Left Behind   1. The neon-green frisbee that gave me two stitches. Your friend couldn’t stop laughing; you couldn’t stop apolog...

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GET OUT OF THE VAN

Tucker Leighty-PhillipsDecember 1, 2015

GET OUT OF THE VAN   My mother swears that she despises talking on the phone, but it’s often hard to get her to hang one up. Her voice echoed in my lef...

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Portrait of the Artist as Machinery To Beat Death

Ross McClearyNovember 1, 2015

This story has been published as a full length book titled Portrait of the Artist as a Viable Alternative to Death   He says he makes sound poetry by p...

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Heroes of the Anti-Gentrification War, Year of the Donald

Sean SchulzNovember 1, 2015

Heroes of the Anti-Gentrification War, Year of the Donald   Ron and Jennifer walked down the hallway stuffed within their bomb suits, looking like a pa...

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Guys I Dated While Pretending I Wasn’t in Love with You

Meghan PhillipsOctober 1, 2015

Guys I Dated While Pretending I Wasn’t in Love with You   Casey, 26 Tall, like you, but carries his weight in his belly. Soft, teddy bearish. Eyebrow ...

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Static

Megan ManzanoOctober 1, 2015

Static   He awoke to the phone ringing. He rolled towards the bedside table and tried to grab the phone without opening his eyes. He failed three ...

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Ndawo; Nuances from the Ocean

Boipelo MaetlaOctober 1, 2015

Ndawo; Nuances from the Ocean   We always witnessed their arrivals. We were taught to be vigilant of their tactics, for the next time they came, they wou...

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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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