Bleeding Below the San Gabriel Dam by Bryan Lindsey
August 29, 2019
A smoky ribbon of blood, diffused in water and flowing downstream, looks like enough loss to kill you. Mine was…
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One Question: Alex Poppe
August 28, 2019
Hypertext Magazine asked Alex Poppe, author of Moxie, “Would Jax be the lover or the beloved?” Moxie started as a response…
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Excerpt: Alex Poppe’s MOXIE
August 28, 2019
By Alex Poppe As I hang up, a Mexican delivery boy plops a paper bag on the bar in front…
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Living the Dream (in Two Parts) by Douglas McBride
August 27, 2019
Part One: Six Months In Six months in, I’m the only new hire who hasn’t quit yet. I’m feeling pretty…
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Focal Point by Felicia Schneiderhan
August 23, 2019
Opening weekend. For ten years, Sharon had come out for opening weekend, the official start to the family’s cabin season.…
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Skull Tastes Like by Maggie Goscinski
August 20, 2019
The sound of the radio on in the kitchen. My brothers in the backyard. Sunlight lighting the living room. My…
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One Question: Robert Krut
August 19, 2019
Hypertext Magazine asked Robert Krut, author of The Now Dark Sky, Setting Us All on Fire, “Is your new collection a…
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Excerpt: Robert Krut’s THE NOW DARK SKY, SETTING US ALL ON FIRE
August 19, 2019
By Robert Krut DIVINITY Virus-blind, you stumble to an alley, under a lentil rainstorm, a preacher waves rudder arms to…
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Cat’s Kiss by Alison Thompson
August 19, 2019
1. There’s a man looking out at his garden. The front garden. His garden. A youngish man, not much above…
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The Cowboy’s Wife by Martha Stallman
August 14, 2019
Suzie took another drag on her cigarette and looked at Elise through the rearview mirror; they’d just met, and she…
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Southern Trees Bear Strange Fruit by Morgan Smith
August 13, 2019
Trees can bear scars too. Dark, puckered with sap and pitch, botched attempts by an axe or the vaguely violent…
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Suspended Between Stars by Emily Roth
August 7, 2019
Third Place—2019 First Annual Short Story Contest “Tell us about camp,” Stephen said, turning to Heather after a lull in…
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The Breatharians by Sophie Stein
August 5, 2019
Second Place—2019 first annual short story contest When we go to get in the car after we bury him, he’s…
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It’s Hard to Meet Someone at the Bottom of the World by Anita Levin
August 2, 2019
WC: 1904 The female anglerfish’s teeth are so big she can’t close her mouth. She wears a long bright light…
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Twelve Anecdotes in Search of a Manifesto by Michele Morano
July 31, 2019
1. When she was six years old, Virginia Woolf’s older half-brother would set her up on a windowsill and poke…
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My Brothers and the Moon by Katey Schultz
July 29, 2019
FIRST PLACE—2019 FIRST ANNUAL SHORT STORY CONTEST It’s Tuesday afternoon, late summer, and my two younger brothers are making a…
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Don’t Blame The Bunny by Patricia Ann McNair
July 24, 2019
Let’s consider the video. A bevy of young women in short things and tight tops, heels and big hair and…
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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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