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November 12, 2026

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Thad DeVassie's "Beach Calamity" is included in his debut Flash-in-Novella collection, Domesticated Creatures. Read it here.

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Sharpening the Old Skates by Jim Daniels
Under a single floodlight, we skated through the dark part, our breath visible, the ice holding us together.

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