WHIP IT

PB JohnsonFebruary 27, 2022

Niall was in high school, older than us and he wore glasses that were octagonal and shaded so that you could just barely make out his eyes. His sister was young...

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Tour Jets

Michael HallerFebruary 14, 2022

Tickets were expensive. $50,000 for a seat on the jet that flew from Boston through a hologram of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. About half the passengers...

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Frank Sinatra Ad Libs on His Deathbed

John Waddy BullionJanuary 31, 2022

I hope this doesn’t come as a severe shock to everybody, but I’m through. I know what you’re thinking. No hips, skinny—it’s sad, it’s poignant. Only exercise I ...

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Melting Season

Paul RousseauJanuary 25, 2022

Since birth, Agatha was very sensitive to pollen. She came rushing in from the yard shouting “Mom, Mom!” between spells of four, five, even six sneezes in a row...

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Ecological Oddity

K. Gene FriedmanJanuary 24, 2022

In East Coast cities, you can travel a century in a matter of blocks, adopt a street kitten who unearths crud from primordial crannies you wish remained unchart...

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Aliens Are Only A Little Different Than You

Evelyn WintersJanuary 19, 2022

I went to the drugstore to steal stuff. You can steal all kinds of mints and gum and medicine. I stick to children’s stuff like diapers, formula, kids Tylenol. ...

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It Could Have Been Bloody Mary

Corey FarrenkopfJanuary 17, 2022

“Frankenstein! Frankenstein! Frankenstein.” Ray and Mal’s son, Gill, yelled from the second floor bathroom. Together they looked up from their morning coffee, d...

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Happy Unicorn

JP LorJanuary 5, 2022

I save the ribbed horn for last after the glowing tenderloins and flaky iridescent wings marinated in fairy juice. I take if off my plate and grip the eyeless m...

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Sent From My iPhone

Jeana MahanDecember 10, 2021

I’m sitting in a Trader Joe’s parking lot in a green Subaru. The grey leather inside is still tacky, by the way. Do you remember when we left that party? It ...

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Gesture

Luis NeerNovember 28, 2021

Infinity drifting up, fading out, exhale: spaciousness. Light echoes through the cave. Darkness. A room with five lamps, three tall windows, emerald curtains gr...

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Wonder Bread

S.S. MandaniNovember 17, 2021

Ma stored it next to the pull-out wastebasket under the sink. She hated it, but couldn’t throw it out, knowing it made us happy: The Grilled Cheese Maker 3000. ...

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In Memoriam: Yahoo Answers

Mike Keller-WilsonNovember 12, 2021

Is spaghetti water edible? Who made the first chicken? Can disease go up the pee hole when peeing? – Additional details: Asking for a friend. Why i...

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PROFESSIONALISM

Sean EnnisOctober 25, 2021

Grace did something wonderful at work. She shined a light in the dropped darkness. She saved an entire life! To say more might embarrass or betray or violate la...

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Money, Honey

Jenny StalterSeptember 20, 2021

You came crying on our doorstep, sweet baby, the day after you’d gone with him. I named you Butterfly because what else can I call you after something so ugly? ...

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How I’d Kill Me

Chase DaytonAugust 3, 2021

Today, last night, awakened again, I was chasing a cat with giant shears and a very beautiful thing occurred to me.   If only … I’d like to conjure a...

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Dead-Girl Selfies

Michelle WilsonJuly 29, 2021

It was the next big thing, like smoking banana peels or planking. The girl was inspired by an episode in that trending horror series—you know, the one where the...

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At the pop punk concert

Erin SchallmoserJuly 27, 2021

The dark cave of the club holds us like a hug and we are surrounded by a couple hundred other people, all singing along with the same exact words, swaying toget...

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The Last Weekend in July

Zach MurphyJuly 26, 2021

It was the summer of 1993 and Keilani and I sat by the crackling fire as the bullfrogs croaked a sonorous symphony, the grass swayed from a whispering breeze, a...

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In SpaceX, No One Can Hear You Tweet

Paulette PierceJuly 20, 2021

The famous actor is standing next to the phallic object. The object was designed by the billionaire idiot to carry people to Mars on a jetstream of cryptocurren...

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Matter of Perspective

Erika KielsgardJuly 13, 2021

My soul would sing of metamorphoses. But since, o gods, you were the source of these bodies becoming other bodies, breathe —Ovid     The coc...

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Fashion Sense

Coleman BomarJuly 5, 2021

Skin is in the attic next to AUX cords and Mom's old Polaroid. My teen brother dunked his body in melted aluminum. "That's bold." I say. "I don't expect som...

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The Thinker

Peter WitteJune 24, 2021

This picture is influenced by Rodin’s sculpture, “The Thinker.” The figure in this oil-pastel picture, though, is much less defined, less realistic. Also, unlik...

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Manatee Radio

Neeraj KumarJune 22, 2021

I heard a radio broadcast about a pregnant manatee. They squeezed the pre-recorded segment into the Tuesday evening classical music block. I was tuned in to cat...

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CRAFTY

Eileen Frankel TomarchioJune 22, 2021

I remember the time you snuck a couple of PopTart packets from my table like a starving extra and not the lead, the draw. Bayonne cemetery in November, skeleton...

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Flash Fiction

Jon ConleyJune 15, 2021

Nowhere Good, Nowhere Fast The Dunns had placed a camera high up in their maple tree. It faced the Merrick’s yard. “But it doesn’t quite face it,” Mr. Merri...

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Phase

Natalie WartherJune 8, 2021

Abby’s going through a phase. At bedtime we have to tuck her in and kiss her forehead three times and say “Goodnight goodnight goodnight,” and then “Sleep tight...

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A Feeling of Intimate Collaboration Between Reader and Writer: An Interview with Meg Pokrass

Gauraa ShekharMay 28, 2021

Featuring sixty-seven stories that span over a decade, Spinning to Mars dangles between the promise of a ride and the promise of home. The eighth collection fro...

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Shotgun

Courtney LevanMay 26, 2021

The silver of your 1995 BMW melted down the streets sliding off the corner curbs. Seeing your desires illuminated against the street signs, I got in. Your hands...

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Week’s End

Yash SeyedbagheriMay 24, 2021

  I take stock of the past week. Edited manuscripts, jumbles turned into semi-coherence, ready for authors to hate again. Fatherly words. Weak, selfish,...

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Social Media News Scroll

Christine Webster-HansenMay 20, 2021

Created en masse, drama-addicted, selfie-obsessed megalomaniacs by millions turn to social media to reinforce their identities through daily junkie fixes of eit...

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