Bent from the Edges by Sarp Sozdinler
Lucy had a theory that we could measure the gravity of our traumas by simply cutting through our skin with a blunt knife and letting what...
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Bermuda Gold by Travis Dahlke
Cath and I met as neighbors. We shared an estate of Bermuda grass that my husband mowed before an asthmatic death followed him to South...
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Of Stolen Objects & Places by Jennifer Fliss
While scouring the map, he’d mutter in Yiddish, the language of dead Jews, the mother tongue of guttural mourning.
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The Gibeon Sun by Joshua Thusat
"...and he said…Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed,...
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Glow Sticks by Barbara Westwood-Diehl
Gradually, the outlines of wineglasses appear on a table. A heap of shoes by a door. A black leather jacket crumpled on a chair. No sign...
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How to Capture Carbon by Cameron Walker
Parents start preparing their children for middle school early now. Even before they are old enough to read, there are tutors,...
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The Messenger by Shannon St. Hilaire
The young man’s head had been freshly severed when they put it on the spike. Blood turned the wood dark red and then pooled below,...
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The Leaving and the Left Behind by Jad Josey
The early summer day was both quiet and loud as Liam and I walked downtown toward the Shady Bean. The trees were frozen in place without...
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Our Bodies and All Their Limitations by Melissa Darcey Hall
We discover our ghost selves one Saturday night while sneaking sips of tart-as-cherry pinot noir, the bottle stolen from Renata’s...
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The Castaway by K. Albasi
Whenever that question, “where’re ya from,” invariably arose among the transients and tourists alike thrust together in the service...
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What Does Wind Think of the Tents on North 7th? by Ed Falco
Matthew may have been near ignorant when it came to sailing, but it didn’t take a yachtsman to figure out he had forgotten the part where...
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Sacha by Bryan Betancur
I’m not a violent person, OK? It was too much to process, that’s all. It’s embarrassing to admit, but I felt betrayed. And I lashed out...
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Cross on the Highway by Anthony D’Aries
🏆 Pushcart Nominated I’m still not sure it’s legal. A young cop stopped us once, asked what we were doing, and when I told him, he...
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Back to School by Ian Woollen
Our Illinois college town was a complicated organism, the busy campus of Prairie State, way more than an educational institution. It...
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Resurrection Blues by Garrett Rowlan
The black dog died of blunt force trauma. It happened at dusk on the first hole, the shortest of the three-hole golf course that Mike...
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A Man Belongs to Women by Gladwell Pamba
It was common knowledge that Nairobi was one big bedroom. He came into her life when this fact no longer kept her awake at night. She...
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A Cool Breeze in August by Rick Stein
John Simmons sat quietly on that stinking hot August day, listening to the wheels grind over the seams in the railroad track. Like a...
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Take Me Out by Sarah Perret-Goluboff
Jerry’s leaning against the doorframe. He has one arm crossed against his waist, the other propped up holding the phone. His face is...
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Epicaricacy by Mandira Pattnaik
“A sharp and precise incision—you’d think he was a surgeon! Gouged out the animal liver, put it directly into his salivating mouth—warm...
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Poky’s Levitating Grandmother by Jonathan Baker
The first time Poky Jernigan told me about his levitating grandma, I thought he was full of shit. He mentioned it so casually. I figured...
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