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Nov 1715 min read
"An Die Musik, D.547" by Meredith England-Markun
I just learned more about this composer, Schubert, yesterday. I was trying a new song in my lesson, and my cello teacher filled me in...
Nov 912 min read
"Turnip-Blooded" by Michael Thériault
The phone rang, Rory’s pencil hesitated above a page of fractions dividing fractions. Came his mother’s expected voice, “Rory! Phone!”...
Nov 911 min read
"Love Potion Number 9" by Danyl A. Doyle
Rick Slickman ached from his neck to his toes, his joints creaking louder than a rusty door. At 72, every trip to the shared bathroom...
Nov 910 min read
"The Grate Debate" by B. P. Gallagher
“You’re everything that’s wrong with this country, do you know that?” “Me? I’m sorry sweetheart, I thought that was your side.”...
Aug 419 min read
"The Firm" by Drew Gummerson
(June 27) P angry with me. Says all I want do is hang around with scummy friends. Play video games. Not make something of self. Like...
Jul 2119 min read
"The Wedding" by Don J. Rath
You see the four of them on the deck near the hotel’s main pool, already drinking. Aaron is wearing a blue and purple checked shirt, his...
Feb 412 min read
"Irrational Fears" by Mark Barlex
Check-in was smooth, baggage drop easy. The absence of belts, buckles, coins and earrings meant she cleared security having expended a...
Jun 11, 20236 min read
"Sundries and Forevers" by Sam Milligan
There’s a fire somewhere over the ridgeline and the river hasn’t frozen like it usually does this time of year and the line at Fred and...
Oct 30, 20228 min read
“Girl Dogs” by Kristy Bell
Becky watched her father for the usual signs of anger as he ducked back into the still running 1976 Maverick. She’d know he knew if the...
Oct 20, 20228 min read
“Mack, You Ain’t Right” by Wayne McCray
The air horn blew loud and I woke up. I turned over and with narrow eyes looked over at a wind up alarm clock sitting on the bureau – its...
Aug 7, 20226 min read
"Red and Green Apples" by Faiza Bokhari
The plane swayed a little, and Leena steadied herself against the small bathroom sink. The ground beneath her felt sticky. Her reflection...
Aug 7, 202215 min read
"Meanie Martinis" by Lyz Mancini
Marceline loved the way the swollen, pale vintage green of each lush olive barely breached the cloudy liquid in a good dirty martini....
Jun 27, 20226 min read
"Barry the Millennial" by Daniel Groves
Have you ever awoken in the morning filled with a sense of dread? That today the world might end and you wouldn’t mind because then you...
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