"Burn" by Agatha Sicil
The blood moon eclipse revealed its power on a Thursday night in November. I took the letters journals and stationery that plagued the...
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"Beethoven" by Katie Berger
1. I think often about Beethoven, the 1992 children's movie; a John Hughes creation about a clumsy yet lovable St. Bernard. I remember...
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"Flip" by Wendy Newbury
My mother blows smoke off the cast-iron comb she’s pulled from burning coals. She grabs the handle with a small raggedy hand towel...
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"Syracuse: A Triptych" by Victoria Leigh Bennett
CW: For readers of this story--This is a story about the early 1990's. It is about a rough time and place where strong and objectionable...
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"Holy Objects of Awe" by Keith Hoerner
I. The Incredulity of Thomas An index finger points the way from beneath the altar at Santa Croce Church in Gerusalemme, Roma. Postmortem...
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"Chemical Pregnancies" and "Nurse Marge" by Beth Mulcahy
Chemical Pregnancies Dear Diary, I was late for my period so I took a home pregnancy test. Could I just be imagining the second line on...
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" 'Cryptozoo' Review: Magic is Everywhere" by Mason Parker
Dash Shaw’s sophomore effort is a hallucinatory environmental and anti-war romp through a cryptid-covered world eerily like our own!...
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"Just Another Day in Paradise" by Cat Dixon
At 5 pm I toss my bag and purse onto the table and crash into the cushy chair. The large windows that face the parking lot offer enough...
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"New York, A Town That Is Swell" by Stephen Snowder
New York is a town that contains many people. The people are like rats, except instead of tails they have no tails and instead of four...
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"sometime in July i let the hair on my head keep growing now i have headaches." by sloane angelou
lately, i have been sparing thoughts about the idea of having a conscience. i have never been unkind as a person, no never, but having a...
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"Fall 2020" by Tedd Morrison Jr
Thank you for taking me on long walks to places I had never been before, for telling me the names of all the plants and birds and native...
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"I want to be held till my anxiety goes to sleep" by sloane angelou
On days like today, I want to be held in silence. No romance. Just friendship and hands, holding me firm and tight till all the anxiety...
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"And Then" by Tedd Morrison Jr
I took the framed photograph out of the top drawer of my dresser and moved you, with silent ceremony, to the wall above the kitchen sink....
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