Breathe by Neeru Nagarajan
July 22, 2019
When Dom was in Chennai with me, the words he said to me the most weren’t, “I love you.” They…
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Glass Houses on Fault Lines by Katie Krantz
July 15, 2019
There are a few conditions I must follow for a successful regrowth. I need a stem cell sample. Somatic. Otherwise,…
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One Question: Patricia Colleen Murphy
July 9, 2019
Hypertext Magazine asked Patricia Colleen Murphy, author of Bully Love, “What are coatimundi and javelina and should I be afraid?”…
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Excerpt: Patricia Colleen Murphy’s BULLY LOVE
July 9, 2019
Aravaipa Canyon Walls tower. The squeezed water rushes. Coatimundi click up cliffs, their ringed tails bouncing. After five miles we…
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Snow Buntings by Meagan Perry
July 2, 2019
Olivia’s car is a sweet ride: smooth and quiet, with heated seats that ease my pregnancy-strained back. The car’s display…
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Lake Effect by Bridget Boland
June 17, 2019
Typical Friday night, the happy hour crowd at the bar growing happier as five o’clock turns into six, seven, finally…
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A Letter Regarding Aerial Harassment and Psychological Intimidation by Stephen Langlois
June 4, 2019
My sister and I were raised here in Fair Haven and have spent most of our 60+ years in this…
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One Question: Rob Davidson
May 29, 2019
Hypertext Magazine asked Rob Davidson, author of What Some Would Call Lies, “What drew you to the form of the…
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Excerpt: Rob Davidson’s WHAT SOME WOULD CALL LIES
May 29, 2019
Excerpt from “Shoplifting,” from What Some Would Call Lies: Novellas (Five Oaks Press, 2018) Standing in the aisle of her…
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Becky by Tom McKay
May 28, 2019
The song waits in my memory. It filled April of my junior year during second-hour gym class. About the same…
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Poolside by Megan Carlson
May 21, 2019
Dad takes her to the YMCA pool for the first time. Her door says, “WOMEN AND FAMILIES.” Dad says she…
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How to Rescue a Feral Cat by JH Palmer
May 16, 2019
Walk to the spot where the toddler upstairs says she spotted “dragon babies,” which turn out to be a sleek…
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One Question: Mary Ann Presman
May 13, 2019
Hypertext Magazine asked Mary Ann Presman, author of The Good Dishes, “How do you choose which POV to use in your…
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Excerpt: Mary Ann Presman’s THE GOOD DISHES
May 13, 2019
Tall, thin, and fond of her gin, Florence felt pretty smug about reaching her seventy-fifth birthday with—as her internist proclaimed,“The…
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Winter Skin by Kristin LaFollette
May 3, 2019
There’s no difference between a planned pregnancy and an unplanned pregnancy. When it was “unplanned,” I never even told the…
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Ulterior Motives For Compulsory Laughter by Soramimi Hanarejima
April 30, 2019
At this time of day, the loading dock should be the perfect place for private psychological convalescence from your public…
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Birds of Paradise by Ben Gitkind
April 22, 2019
Callie leaves you for many reasons, and one is the parrot. She hates the smell. She finds his depression depressing.…
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Minor Writers by Alina Stefanescu
April 16, 2019
—after James Salter There is a kind of minor writer who is found in a room of the library signing…
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Our Hero by Christine Taylor
April 8, 2019
Harold Shepard made his living as a bit actor who played Uncle Rudy in three episodes of the popular television…
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Amnesia by Cherene Leong
April 1, 2019
Chang Er hunches over her desk working. The administration of the moon is no easy task and the goddess has…
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Rosaleen’s Rules for Living by Lee Reilly
March 19, 2019
1. The first time Leo said he was taking her to her mother’s. Then he stopped in front of a…
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American Mama by Julia Poole
March 11, 2019
A waitress arrived with a pad of paper and pulled a pencil from behind her ear. “So…you ready to order?…
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Stolen by Gypsies by Richard Rutherford
March 8, 2019
I was warned, “Beware of the Gypsies.” Warned, like when they tell you not to get in a car with…
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Flash Fiction by Mitchell Krockmalnik Grabois
March 5, 2019
JFK’s Beautiful Sister 1. I went out to Colfax Ave. for a colonoscopy. Across the street was a bar and…
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Careers by Emily Zasada
March 1, 2019
The sunlight in Denver seemed brighter than it had in Maryland, but Rachel knew that was just her imagination. She…
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Health Care by Dick Bentley
February 28, 2019
On this hill, in this clump of trees at the edge of the golf course, I sit with the wind…
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Gyring On Edge by Jean Verthein
February 21, 2019
Along China, the plane rocked until she feared crashing. Shackled in her seat, she jerked, unable to speak to anyone.…
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Life and Death of Mary Percy Stone by Valerie Kinsey
February 19, 2019
Mary Percy Stone’s father was a prominent obstetrician at the end of the century, when, as is well supported by…
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Y2K FM by Jessie Ann Foley
February 18, 2019
“Illusion never changed/ Into something real” —Natalie Imbruglia, “Torn” Dana crouches before a storage bin in a clammy corner of…
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The Floor Fan by Tony Bowers
February 15, 2019
Allen stood at the front desk of the Antioch senior home, thinking it had to be 110 degrees in there.…
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