Hurricane Penelope by Timothy Boudreau
“It’s not coming anywhere near us; we’re too far north,” Penelope’s kids call to tell her. But driving through rain and wind, wine still...
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Road to Hana by Annie Marhefka
In a rented Jeep Wrangler, they drove Hawaii Highway 360, their matching herringbone suitcases in the back, wedding gifts that had seen a...
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In the Blink of an Eye by Tom Finnegan
I learn fraught as fear and ought, like there’s something I ought to do, but it makes me afraid. I blink-around the gaze board and...
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Pastoral by Roberta Beary
The boy carries his corgi down the stoop of our shared brownstone. His thick arms and delicate fingers were made for tasks like these. He...
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Subterranean by Dana Cann
First it was Henry Stringfellow breaking and entering the Odoms’ basement. When Cheryl Odom returned home from her job at a medical...
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Daddy Asks if You Want a Pink or Red Swiss Army Knife by Brianna Corley
In the South babies go googoo gaga switch blade knife. Here, where most advert their eyes from the dying people twisting upwards to sing...
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Peach Pie by Emily Ross
Louise dumped peaches into a bowl, added brown sugar, and rolled the dough into a ragged circle, all from memory. She remembered this...
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You Are a Spider by T.C. Kemper
You are a spider, and you are beautiful. You were born to be admired. Your legs are long and lean, like the thin branches waving breezily...
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The First Step by Natalie Schriefer
From a snowbank I watched the squirrel run. It was dusk, the worst of the snow finally over, and the squirrel bounded across the path,...
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07:15 Fast Local by Hema Nataraju
At this time, the middle-aged commuter should be on the 07:15 fast local train. Instead, he’s lying face down on the road outside the...
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Aunt Mary by Roger D'Agostin
“Aunt Mary has enough bras.” Mom says this every day since we moved her sister, my Aunt Mary, into an assisted living facility. “I don’t...
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The Other Shoe by Julie McNeely-Kirwan
"Visitors! We're having visitors!" My tone was meant to be cheerful, but achieved something closer to sarcasm. Mother did not appear to...
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A Shared Interest by Patrick Malka
I wrote a story about a dystopian future in which nations no longer exist, only marauding groups that travel the land with no regard for...
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An Understory by Andrew Walker
Trying to hold himself together, Dru decided that he would take a walk to the park to write a short poem about a tree. You see, Dru never...
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Prom Date by Sudha Balagopal
Let's say I'm shivering outside the school on a 100-degree day. Let's say my body's ice-cold because my daughter's trapped inside her...
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Time Away by Jen Knox
I am cold beneath my blanketlike coat as we traverse winding Ohio roads after the first snow. My husband drives fast below a winter sky...
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Party of Three by Mathieu Cailler
Last night, I died. A driver plowed into my hatchback at 92 mph on the 110 South right outside of downtown Los Angeles. I felt nothing. I...
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Good Sides by Elizabeth DeWolf
The summer feels like one long night, an unending sleepover. A storm sent an oak straight through the back door, and it’s been replaced...
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To Be a Girl by Sarah Freligh
We’re bleeders or will be. This is what they tell us in a dark room, blinds drawn, rows of desks just so, no big-foot boys to distract us...
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Survival Training by Michelle Ross
1. Aunt Terry says, “One day this backpack could save your life.” It’s Christmas Eve. Aunt Terry and her boyfriend, Vic, are drinking...
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