Meat by Jan Worth-Nelson
March 13, 2017
First Monday out of a job, I slip on sweat pants and go for bargains at the 24-hour superstore. I…
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The Call of Blood by Alex Reece Abbott
March 10, 2017
Hazel tips her brown paper bag and ten green grenades roll across the kitchen counter. She takes one and sniffs…
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Andrew Loves His Wife by Merran Jones
March 8, 2017
“What’s a seven-letter word for ‘ennui’?” Raewyn adjusts her glasses. Andrew lowers the Sunday Times. “Tedious?” “No…” Raewyn frowns at…
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Gnome by Kristen Ploetz
March 6, 2017
Dosis facit venenum / The dose makes the poison – Paracelsus, 1538 Staccato flashes of metallic red caught Ray’s eye…
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Heroes by John McNamara
March 3, 2017
When a day passed without even a card arriving to mark the anniversary, Thomas grew concerned. For eighteen years, Bonnie…
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The Rabbit Matchmakers by Andrew Phillips
March 1, 2017
Loneliness killed Grandpa Charlie. Henry’s father told him this on the day that he dropped him off for the school…
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Fiction by Claudia Cadavid
February 27, 2017
Blood Orange Sidewalks and Cafes Moonshadows trace the cresting ebbs of Lake Michigan. Waters not meant to be searched, are…
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Breaking Point by Alyssa Murphy
February 24, 2017
I’ve been curled up in a ball on my couch for three hours, a position I don’t intend to leave…
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Hypertext Interview With Robert Wilder
February 22, 2017
By Christine Rice Robert Wilder’s novel Nickel focuses on socially awkward Coy doing his damnedest to excavate high school’s treacherous…
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Ms. Paula by James D. Reed
February 14, 2017
I’m secretly in love with and often envision stalking the shoe sales clerk. But once she knows I’m deformed, knows…
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Other Human Hearts by Michael Fischer
February 13, 2017
I’m at a stop sign, taking it way too literally so Heath can open the passenger door and vomit onto…
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The Blameless Divorce by Sarah Ivens Moffett
February 12, 2017
The resentment with which Suzie viewed her husband was all-consuming. If he dared to glance at his phone, or pick…
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Renovations by Ginny Kaczmarek
February 11, 2017
It all began when I wanted to fuck the carpenter. Shirt off, he glistened in the sun, sawdust covering his…
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The Triumphant Return of Maggie Pancake by Jenny Robertson
February 10, 2017
Three girls walked into a bar in Lumbertown. It had been ten years since Maggie Johanssen, thirty-one, last lived in…
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They Did March for Me by Paulette Livers
February 9, 2017
Originally published in PauletteLivers.com. As we settled into bed on the Sunday night after the January 21 Global Women’s March,…
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An Open Letter to President Donald Trump Expressing Deep Regret for My Disrespectful Behavior
February 7, 2017
By Sharon Goldberg Dear President Trump: Congratulations on your historic victory. I admit I watched the election returns in shock…
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Slutty Chris by Christine Ma
February 3, 2017
Last night you dreamed of Portlandia Matt. When you get into your office the next morning, you login to your…
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o’s Story by Sylvia Foley
February 1, 2017
There was not much call for o’s that winter. The District Capital had declared the past tense passé; the people…
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Skip Tangents by Richard Rutherford
January 31, 2017
After a summer rain, the brush sends out scents. There is no wafting vapor, no subtle suggestion. These fragrances are…
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Flash Fiction by Zac Locke
January 27, 2017
Consulting: Parts I – IV I.  My supervisor at Envencerate was an avid golfer—he wore khakis and polo shirts emblazoned…
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Roses by Jessica R. Santillan
January 24, 2017
The three siblings walk alongside the rows of roses, a Technicolor display of reds, yellows, pinks, whites. They just moved…
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Flash Fiction By Jennifer Williams
January 23, 2017
BE MINE He shows up after bedtime and leaves before dawn. It’s not callousness; he does so at her request,…
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A Eulogy for David Vang, 1993-1997 by Brett Biebel
January 20, 2017
There was no time to teach him all the secrets, to pass him the story quilt and watch that toddler…
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Enterprises And by Michael Onofrey
January 19, 2017
A desk, a few filing cabinets and a half dozen folding chairs constituted furniture, all of it gray and mostly…
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Neighborhood Patrol by Scott Cannon
January 18, 2017
R.D. McCalman was damned if he would sit by and watch his neighborhood go to hell just because the city…
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But For Now, This by Lisa Gordon
January 13, 2017
We’re walking by one of those Asian markets, with the fruits and colorful boxes and that smell I can never…
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Excerpt from NEON GREEN
January 12, 2017
By Margaret Wappler When the spaceship landed in the backyard at exactly 8:57 p.m. on August eighteenth, seven days after…
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Hypertext Interview with Margaret Wappler
January 11, 2017
By Christine Rice A few chapters into Margaret Wappler’s surreal (and, at the same time, totally realistic) novel, Neon Green,…
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The Teacher Who Told Stories by Bill Pruitt
January 10, 2017
They were about a dozen teenagers newly arrived in America, they were from Honduras, Ukraine, Mexico, Moldova, Vietnam, Poland. As…
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ONE QUESTION: Anne Marie Ameri
January 9, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED ANNE MARIE AMERI, AUTHOR OF AWAKENING THE SLEEPING TIGER WITHIN: BREAKING THE POWER OF MAINSTREAM MEDIA’S PORTRAYAL…
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