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"The Immersive Theater Experience" by Abigail E. Myers

To the immersive theater experience you wear a slinky black dress, a hat with a tiny birdcage veil, fishnet stockings, T-strap heels. You...

Dec 25 min read

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"GMOTHER" by Florence Bews

I buried my mom last week, and her first leaf emerged this morning. The green limb blinked out of the dirt bed. The directions on her...

"@VanlifewithJosh&Siobhan" by Bob Armstrong

Dec 210 min read

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"@VanlifewithJosh&Siobhan" by Bob Armstrong

Wes Anderson’s leaning forlornly at the edge of a deserted gravel road, but instead of doing anything about it, Josh is getting his drone...

Dec 211 min read

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"Shadows Of Chinar" by Harshita Nanda

Rough grass tickled the backs of her bare legs as Naseem lay on her back, watching the chinar leaves dance in the zephyr. Aslam lay next...

"An Die Musik, D.547" by Meredith England-Markun

Nov 1715 min read

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"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...

"These Are the Good Times" by Rolf Ebeling

Oct 1322 min read

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"These Are the Good Times" by Rolf Ebeling

On a sunny, bright blue June morning—likely the last day of his nine-month-long teaching career—Randy Shep slouched on a hot metal...

Oct 131 min read

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"Successful" by John Szamosi

She often reminisces that when she was a little girl she’d only get to eat full meals on school days, and during her college years she’d...

Oct 137 min read

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"Child Protective Services" by JD Clapp

CW: Violence Barny let the heavy door slam in his son’s face. The boy struggled to pull it open against the storm-driven wind, his...

Sep 315 min read

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"The Neighborhood" by Julius Olofsson

In April, he rang my doorbell, and by June, he had disappeared. But I didn’t know that then, as I sat in my apartment during a worthless...

"A Blackbird, Bobble Hat And An Answer" by Sally Shaw

Sep 36 min read

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"A Blackbird, Bobble Hat And An Answer" by Sally Shaw

“Will someone come for me?” I ask out loud. The only one to hear is a Blackbird I’ve named Stanley Stub. Stanley has one good leg, the...

"The glorious Miss Glory" by Sandra Arnold

Sep 36 min read

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"The glorious Miss Glory" by Sandra Arnold

The Bible Class our parents forced us to attend every Sunday morning was so mind-numbingly boring that Trinity and I spent our time there...

"Ruminations over the loss of his dream" by Emma Burnett

Aug 181 min read

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"Ruminations over the loss of his dream" by Emma Burnett

When I wake, the baby is gone. My hand rests on my flattened, soft belly, empty except for some gas. Maybe it’s left over from the dream...

"After the Fall, 1975" by Sally Reiser Simon

Aug 1815 min read

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"After the Fall, 1975" by Sally Reiser Simon

Dzung Life sure is trippy sometimes. Take today. I’m sittin’ in a brand new ’75 Chevy Impala across from my dad. Two weeks ago, he was a...

"Smother (v.): stifle, suppress, suffocate" by Ayin Ships

Aug 410 min read

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"Smother (v.): stifle, suppress, suffocate" by Ayin Ships

It was almost a joke when you asked me. I’d been splashing water on my face in the bathroom off the grand ballroom’s hallway, inching up...

"Miracle Missiles" by Robert Firpo-Cappiello

Aug 48 min read

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"Miracle Missiles" by Robert Firpo-Cappiello

I don’t exactly know where my dreams end and my memories begin, but I’m pretty sure that most of this is true. The summer I turned five....

"The Shot: A Literary Documentary" by Andrew Buckner

Jul 214 min read

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"The Shot: A Literary Documentary" by Andrew Buckner

“We can call this a ‘Literary Documentary’.” “But, this has to be a Horror tale. It's in our contract. It's in our rules and...

"Monday Morning Quarterback" by Garrett Berberich

Jul 215 min read

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"Monday Morning Quarterback" by Garrett Berberich

A freshly cut rose stood between the smiling couple, droplets of water clinging to its rigid stem. They reached across the corner table...

"Yellow Skies & Lavender Tissues" by A.C. Francis

Jun 912 min read

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"Yellow Skies & Lavender Tissues" by A.C. Francis

At seventy-one years of age, Robert wasn’t sure if it was a good idea to climb to the top of the tower. His inhaler sat on the dresser of...

May 127 min read

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"The Kitchen" by Isabel Crabtree

It was the first really cold morning of the season, the sun was bright, the air crisp. When it was time to leave the cocoon of her cozy,...

Mar 177 min read

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"Sabertooth" by S. Z. James

At that time, I was eating pretty poorly. I’d go down to the stand on the corner and get a hot dog once every couple of days and I’d eat ...