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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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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