Hypertext Interview With Sahar Mustafah
April 6, 2020
By Christine Maul Rice Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos…to celebrate a world that lies spread…
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In Praise of Silence, Loneliness, and Boredom by Patricia Ann McNair
April 1, 2020
Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still —from “Keeping Quiet” by Pablo Neruda They gave…
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The Lunatic, The Lover, and The Lawyer by David Bontumasi
March 30, 2020
Most movie stars have had plastic surgery, I’m sure of it, even  the young ones. They have that work done…
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Harvest Time by B.L. Makiefsky
March 24, 2020
Jesse peered out the window and saw Mrs. Wilcox, the caseworker who wouldn’t give his mother bus tickets home. This…
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The Opposite of Love by Alexis Bowe
March 20, 2020
It’s drizzling as I descend the concrete steps of the Western Springs Metra station. I consider turning around and hopping…
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The Sexy Stillness of Church by Steve Hughes
March 20, 2020
I meet my date—ready for this—at the Port Bar, the weird one on Joseph Campau with a sign out front…
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All Dressed Up and Nowhere by Steve Hughes
March 20, 2020
We are late for her friend’s annual Halloween party, me and Frida. She is tapping her foot about the slow…
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Jesus and His Bad Headache by Steve Hughes
March 19, 2020
The school gives us boys clip-on ties to wear. They dig a red mark into my neck. I hate Catholic…
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Wiener Tape by Steve Hughes
March 18, 2020
The last straw is when my roommate tells everyone that I stole sixty bucks from her dresser. Fuck that! I…
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Night Ops by Miranda Dennis
March 12, 2020
Right before my boyfriend broke up with me, he had been updating me with careful regularity on his and his…
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The Most Beautiful Woman to Ever Leave Athens, Georgia by Jesse Sensibar
March 11, 2020
I separated burned bodies from charred helicopter seats and put pieces of  seat in blue plastic body bags. I once…
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The River Above by Margaret Erhart
March 9, 2020
We give thanks to the Stars who are spread across the sky like jewelry. We see them at night, helping…
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Hypertext Interview with Sadie Hoagland
March 6, 2020
By Christine Maul Rice Sadie Hoagland’s short story collection American Grief In Four Stages (West Virginia University Press) excavates the…
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Five Stories about Kenny George: An Apology for Professor X by Billy Lombardo
March 4, 2020
Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio In the Shreve High football stadium, I think of Polacks nursing long beers in…
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The Next Chapter by Rebecca McClanahan
March 2, 2020
Late October leaves spiral down from the willow oaks as I drive cautiously behind Dad’s Buick. I still think of…
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White Dove by Shawn Shiflett
February 25, 2020
I’m teeing off at a golf course. Despite my not ever having played the game, my swing is textbook perfect,…
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Villains Or I Dream in Science Fiction by Shawn Shiflett
February 24, 2020
I’m on a planet that is inhabited by three humanoid species. My species is called “Villains.” I’m sure that long…
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Gulf by Michael Williamson
February 21, 2020
Jerome can’t think of children without thinking of eels. A whole skein of them, coiled around the end of his…
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My Son Takes an Interest by Meredith Counts
February 17, 2020
I glare at my son, Sammy, who had to tag along with me to my doctor’s appointment and is chewing…
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The Solitude of Sleep by Jamiece Adams
February 11, 2020
When I was a child my mom slept through hours as easy as a river bends, a slow winding sleep.…
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The Secret of the Old Clockwork ‘O’ by Meredith Counts
February 7, 2020
A Nancy Droog, Ultraviolent Girl Detective Mystery  Chapter One “What’s it going to be, then, eh?” Nancy asked herself. She…
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Human Kneads by J.A. Bernstein
February 4, 2020
I never thought the idea of making love communally would be all that useful for a business, but then again,…
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The World Is on Fire So You Have to Protect Yourself by Besty Finesilver Haberl
January 31, 2020
The world is on fire so you have to protect yourself. The good news is that there are easy ways…
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St. Crispin’s Day by Giano Cromley
January 28, 2020
One night, every year, Mom and Dad went out, along with all the other moms and dads in the neighborhood.…
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Fake News by Jeremy T. Wilson
January 24, 2020
Faith wanted me to go. She said I could use a break from our daughter Daisy. “You might learn something,”…
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The Devil in the Details by John McNally
January 22, 2020
Part One It was the last thing on Mary Flynn’s mind when she crawled into bed that night, but by…
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Pleased To Meet You by David Medina
January 16, 2020
I’m in the wrong place at the wrong time, and so help me, I’m going to do whatever it takes…
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Blue Flower Tattoo by Lillie M. Rice
January 14, 2020
It was a blue flowerWhat kind of flower?A blue oneOn her handOn the topIt was colored inIt was tattooed on…
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Self-Portrait Lined with Wallace Stevens by Simone Muench & Jackie K. White
January 10, 2020
When sickness comes, when disease, whena dirty house in a gutted world finds us deserted, our bodies deflated narratives, our…
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Dear Dark Garden by Simone Muench & Jackie K. White
January 7, 2020
Outside, lining the hushed cul-de-sac,dogwood white and pink blossoms peakto petal cascades hiding more basementgirl-held horrors. The pastoral not speaking…
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