Hope, lit up

S. KayOctober 1, 2015

Hope, Lit Up   "Carpe diem," they said, so she lived as though every day was her last, and every hello was really a goodbye. Impermanence became a mott...

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The Boy and the Corpse

Trevor ShikazeOctober 1, 2015

The Boy and the Corpse   A boy found a corpse floating under a high bridge.   Said the boy to the corpse, "Let me help you out of the water." ...

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HUNGOVER BEAR ESSENTIALS

Evan AllgoodSeptember 1, 2015

HUNGOVER BEAR ESSENTIALS     Approximately 450 black bears inhabit the Catskills. On any given day, 20-25 of these bears are hungover and thus pr...

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Conversion

S. KaySeptember 1, 2015

Conversion Non-phallic sex toys mimic bugs, creepy until you're nude in a garden where erotic buzzes and squirmy worm orgasms make you a keen ecosexual. ...

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Tacos

Jourden SanderSeptember 1, 2015

Tacos     I got a little too drunk last night and thought about how I would drive if I had been drinking out of the house. I wondered why I let mys...

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Another Box

Benjamin WoodardSeptember 1, 2015

Another Box Shout into the void like a purr, this circus of fingerprints still not convincing the world of an epidemic. Dig into the earth once more; add ano...

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TIME KEEPS ON SLIPPIN’ SLIPPIN’, SLIPPIN’

Christopher HortonSeptember 1, 2015

AN INNER MONOLOGUE   So on a Saturday night, on my way out, I stopped at the rock n roll Ralph’s to buy bananas and oranges. Call it a health kick. ...

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When I Leave You Behind

Jennifer TodhunterAugust 1, 2015

When I Leave You Behind     1. Unravel my knit sweaters, starting with the one Sam surprised me with on our honeymoon in the south of Ireland...

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The Other Shoe

Charles RammelkampAugust 1, 2015

The Other Shoe   “It’s an expression from tenement life in the late nineteenth, early twentieth centuries. If you heard somebody taking off a shoe on t...

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We Were So Cool

Nate AndrewsAugust 1, 2015

We Were So Cool   It came like a second wind, with a mouth full of smoke and ash. Running down dead end streets. The city was sweet. A virgin lu...

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Follow

Simon PinkertonJuly 1, 2015

Follow          It's not stalking. I would be the opposite of incognito. You are miles gone and I have little clue what ...

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#nofilter

Katha SikkaJuly 1, 2015

#nofilter   “Why would she wear a crop top when she is so fat?”   “Yeah, her stomach rolls of fat look like a chocolate layered cake, but ...

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A Growing Hesitancy

Kevin DeLucaJuly 1, 2015

A Growing Hesitancy   “Do clouds complement a sunset?” he asked.   “Yes,” I answered, not overconfident.   He smiled.  ...

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License To Ill

Ron Gibson Jr.July 1, 2015

License To Ill     In the midst of an office flu outbreak, Maxwell began to feel the years acutely. He wasn't sure if it was an early sign of the...

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Broken Spaceship

Christopher IaconoJune 1, 2015

He starts out with a single brick. Dark gray, long, flat, and wide – a perfect piece for the base of the ship. Then he adds more bricks. Small ones, larg...

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Baxter’s Girl

Cathy UlrichJune 1, 2015

Baxter's Girl           The girl fell out of the sky. We all saw it, except for Ruth from the bakery, who had her...

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Brain Traffic

Scott WordsmanJune 1, 2015

  Brain Traffic          Your foot catches a crevice between two blocks of sidewalk and you stub the to...

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The Shattered Sun

Rebecca HarrisonJune 1, 2015

The Shattered Sun     After the sun shattered, the sky was always dark. Sun bits stuck in trees and clouds. Emmeline looked at dim clocks and i...

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Rotation

Christina ScottJune 1, 2015

Rotation              I feel the feather-light touch of the sphere as it rotates inside my chest. I am t...

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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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Tucumcari, 1990 (a snapshot)

Alex PruteanuMay 1, 2015

Tucumcari, 1990 (a snapshot)     “Judas Christ, this all looks like the Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons,” Val said. “This is some kind of surreal ...

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Gallery | Summer

Kristen MackenzieMay 1, 2015

Gallery        My body is a gallery with fogged up windows. Cup your hands to the glass and press your face in close, heat und...

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Fish

Paz SperaMay 1, 2015

Fish          You have to eat the fish.        The fish gives you everything.   &n...

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The Bee Herder

Rebecca HarrisonMay 1, 2015

The Bee Herder   He helped his father herd bees. Their days were a tangle of bee paths and forest smells. They filled their pockets with lavender and r...

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Off Course

Ben FittonMay 1, 2015

Off Course     My retina HUD flashes ninety-one; I’ve been talking in my sleep again. Nine per cent gone.   'Lights on,' I say. A luxu...

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Notes from the insecure

Simon PinkertonApril 1, 2015

Notes From The Insecure          I can make those who are single and abandoned through infidelity feel better with t...

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Once Got Busy In A Burger King Bathroom

Matthew DexterApril 1, 2015

Once Got Busy In A Burger King Bathroom     I wipe a coagulated wad of cheddar from my bloody gums onto the plastic toilet paper dispenser as...

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The Darkest Blue

Chris MilamApril 1, 2015

The Darkest Blue   She crawled into the mirror last week. When the pills failed to carve the darkness from her mind, her ache cocooned itself within ...

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Order Now!

Mark RosenblumApril 1, 2015

Order Now!          The secretary glances at him, but continues to speak into her headset as she turns the pages of ...

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You Poor Boy

Gena LeBlancMarch 1, 2015

       You Poor Boy        Isaac was brushing his teeth when he decided the worst part ab...

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