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"Pop" By M.C. Schmidt
I. Sunday morning, my elderly father murmuring into a bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon, a brand of beer he especially hated, though he wasn’t...
4 days ago21 min read


"From the Customer Love Department" by Lisa K. Buchanan
Congratulations on the purchase of your Red Shooz! In your email, you said you’d been seeking a socioeconomic boost from lack to luxury,...
4 days ago2 min read


"A View of Hotel Poseidon" by Eleni Vlachos
Reviews are actual. Story is fictitious. * 1 star we all basically had to get drunk so we could make it through the night When the...
4 days ago21 min read


"Mars Needs (More) Women" by LM Fontanes
At the time, it seemed like a great idea and really cheap when you work out interest rates on a brand new partner every 325 Earth days,...
Apr 273 min read


"Post-Apocalypse Prix Fixe" by Emily Gennis
Il Trucchetto ⭐⭐⭐ Italian * $$ First time guests at Il Trucchetto could be forgiven for passing right by the restaurant without even...
Apr 115 min read


"Feather in the Wind" by Abhishek Basak
One morning I noticed something strange about my girlfriend. She put sugar in her coffee. As far as I remembered, she liked her coffee...
Feb 2312 min read


"Succulus" by Tim Boiteau
Emma had been moving in since we started dating six months ago, one little object at a time—a chartreuse toothbrush sprouting out of the...
Dec 15, 20248 min read


"The Winningest Cheerleader" by R. C. Barajas
Remember Charlie Bischman? Ponytail science geek, used to watch us from the bleachers? Well, Stacie, guess who drunk-dialed me in August?...
Dec 2, 20244 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.”...
Nov 9, 202410 min read


"RoboHub H2" by Chris Cottom
Good morning, you’re through to RoboHub Technical Support. You’re speaking to Anil today. Can I start by taking the serial number? It’ll...
Sep 30, 20245 min read


"Taylor Swift Stole My Daughter" by Kirsten Oerke
Someone, please help me get these Taylor Swift songs out of my head. It’s not my fault, it’s my tween, Hailey. She plays the pop...
Sep 24, 20244 min read


"The Secretary of State for the Heavens" by Simon Ravenscroft
One day the sky turned red and the public blamed it on the new Secretary of State for the Heavens. On the contrary, said the Secretary of...
Sep 24, 20241 min read


"THE DAY I BECAME A TED TALK HATER" by Zoé Mahfouz
Hi everyone, my name is none of your business and I’m a TED Talk hater. Watching TED Talks started out as a distraction. Something...
Sep 3, 20243 min read


"A Writerly Text: Or When Your Inner Critic Somehow Saves Up Enough Money to Buy A Refurbished iPhone" by Beth Kanter
Me: Aren’t you supposed to be writing? Me: How can I write when you keep pinging me??? Me: So it’s MY fault? Me: It’s ALWAYS your fault....
Aug 4, 20243 min read


"For someone better at small talk" by Karen Walker
For someone better at small talk it would've been as easy as pie to delight while standing in line at the bakery behind a woman and a...
Jul 7, 20242 min read


"Death is texting-he has a job for you" by Lucy Brighton
Mark: Pick you up in half an hour. I better get ready, the new underwear I bought is waiting for me to slither into before the date. I...
Jul 7, 20243 min read


"What the Serial Killer Said" by Arthur Mandal
There’s a brand of packaged dates called ‘Deri Dates’. Tesco does them. Allow me a moment to express the disgust and repulsion this...
Jun 23, 20242 min read


"The Workshop" by Lori D'Angelo
Clive Owen, a former acrobat who’d stayed in shape, came to graduate fiction workshop each week in an azure-colored leotard. The only...
May 27, 202410 min read


"Ann Presents" by D.B. Miller
Ann presents with tenderness in the mandibular and a new spring haircut. The clinical exam and radiographs reveal no decay or obvious...
May 4, 20242 min read


"The Soft Glow of Humanity" by Sydney Bollinger
Mary Alden sits on the futon, next to her dead body, with her eyes narrowed and arms crossed. “I used the scythe to extract the soul from...
May 4, 20243 min read
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