"Heuristical Me" by William M. McIntosh
I got a message from you last night. It said you felt a lot of crazy ways that I didn’t know you felt, and it said a lot more than that....
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- Aug 20
- 5 min
"Being the Bear" by Michele Markarian
“All I have to do is put on a bear costume and march for two hours?” Jen asked. “Yes.” The casting agent on the other end of the phone...
- Jul 9
- 1 min
"Wanted- Well-Mannered Ghost To Haunt Brooklyn Apartment" by Luc Diamant
I (23F) am looking for a ghost (M/F/NB, 21-99 at time of death, dead for <50 years) to haunt a 3-bedroom 3rd-floor apartment in Flatbush....
- Jun 25
- 1 min
"All in the name of research" by Emma Burnett
I told her not to run, that it wouldn’t hurt. It’s just a tooth and, also, it’s for science. I told her we’d put it under the pillow,...
- May 13
- 3 min
"VS Naipaul’s Ghost Haunts POC characters of White Authors" by Shahriar Shaams
The late Trinidadian author’s ghost has lately been observed hovering around the merry colored-creations of several well-meaning white...
- Apr 30
- 9 min
"Save the Big One" by Michael Lenart
Harris Caldwell—retired public defender; amateur woodworker; frequent apple juice drinker; thrice-a-day tooth brusher—died just now in...
- Apr 30
- 9 min
"The Process" by Jillian S. Benedict and Michael Cocchiarale
We talk a lot about process—not outcome—and trying to consistently take all the best information you can and consistently make good...
- Apr 30
- 5 min
"Rocks" by Tyler Plofker
I've been stacking rocks. Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary—I don't know. We learned that in school last year, yes, sure, but I don't...
- Apr 16
- 13 min
"My Ninth Birthday" by Ben Shahon
I remember my ninth birthday like it was yesterday, because I woke up that morning, and I started to wonder when my mom and dad would...
- Apr 16
- 1 min
"All the Single Women" by Christine H. Chen
All the Single Women were invited to the pilot program of HappilyEverAfter where the newly invented HomoSapiens module would spit out...
- Apr 2
- 7 min
"Hunger in the Blizzard" by Mark Tulin
Hunger doesn't always jive with common sense. I guess that's why I went out into a February blizzard to the grocery store when it would...
- Feb 19
- 10 min
"Issue #43: The Supervillain Zoom Interview" by Joshua Grasso
One by one, the headshots popped to life on the Zoom conference which was supposed to have started promptly at 12:30 (it was 6 minutes...
- Feb 19
- 9 min
"Dime Mouth" By Tyler Plofker
I sit down at the diner and order a cold blueberry pancake and wait for Jenny, who asked me via text to go sit down at the diner and...
- Feb 19
- 9 min
"I am a plastic bag" by Lorna Collins
My name is Gavin. My claim to fame is that I am reusable. I can be filled with shopping, time and time again. Multiple use is my raison...
- Feb 5
- 2 min
"Mandela Effect" by Niles Reddick
After five o’clock, we got together at La Siesta for margaritas, fajitas, and tacos to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and someone asked what...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
"The Book Inside My Father" by Eugene O'Toole
My father always said he had a book inside him. As a child I had no idea what he meant, naturally being far more preoccupied with Meccano...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 2 min
“Questions on the Reading” by Kate Deimling
1) Discuss the theme of butterflies. What do they represent? 2) What does this story tell us about the role soup/gender/usury plays in...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 1 min
"Genome for Commercial Taste" by Christopher Collingwood
My dreams were served with Cabernet – seduction by commercial taste, peeling vanity off the apple’s core, taking away unwanted skin,...
- Nov 13, 2022
- 4 min
“Concerning Knives, Bears, Drawers, Sharpness and Shitting” by Scott O’Neill
Does a Bear shit in the woods? Sometimes. Usually, even; but not today and not this Bear. I’m going to break into this cabin and shit in...
- Nov 13, 2022
- 8 min
"Appetite" by Mike Hickman
Matt hoped to God he wasn't wearing the Cookie Monster T-shirt. While he might be able to afford one or two minor embarrassments today,...
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