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  My wife and I arrive in Paris and check into our hotel on the edges of the 2nd and 9th Arrondissement.
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  Last week he was a dishwasher who his coworkers called Ricky. Today he’s a day laborer named Eddie, clearing a pair of fallen trees off a new build’s lawn and fixing up a large garden. Rotting plank ripped out, new plank inserted.
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Book Review: The Curators by Maggie Nye

May 29, 2024

In 1913, Leo Frank, superintendent of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta, Georgia, was found guilty of the murder of Mary Phagan, a thirteen-year-old factory worker.

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Reader Spotlight: Joanna Theiss

February 23, 2024

Introducing our "Reader Spotlight" series, where we shine a light on the unsung heroes behind the scenes—our dedicated readers who meticulously screen and evaluate literary journal submissions.

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Spreading Light: An Interview with Bradley Sides by Joanna Theiss

February 16, 2024

Ghosts, monsters, and falling celestial bodies mingle with the all-too-real in Bradley Sides’ new short story collection, Crocodile Tears Didn’t Start the Flood (Montag Press, 2024).

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A Species of Least Concern by Joanna Theiss

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After three months of working at the zoo, Brian realizes that he doesn’t like zoos or people who like zoos.

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- A Parisian Affair by Kevin Wranovix
  My wife and I arrive in Paris and check into our hotel on the edges of the 2nd and 9th Arrondissement.
- Our Theseus by Nathan Jefferson
  Last week he was a dishwasher who his coworkers called Ricky. Today he’s a day laborer named Eddie, clearing a pair of fallen trees off a new build’s lawn and fixing up a large garden. Rotting plank ripped out, new plank inserted.
- Robbing the Pillars by Marie Goyette
  It wasn’t yet six o’clock when the mine supervisor of Shannon Hill called the Byrd household and woke Ruth out of a simmering sleep.
- The Call by Eben E. B. Bein
- Saturation by Claire Oleson
  I am diving for my mother’s last working kidney.

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