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Fiction


Prom Date by Sudha Balagopal
November 8, 2022

Let's say John tied her to a chair after she said she couldn't go to prom with him. Let's say the boy has a butcher's knife in his hand.

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Time Away by Jen Knox
November 8, 2022

Looking deeper, advocating for something more, is to feel the wings wrapped around our necks.

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Good Sides by Elizabeth DeWolf
November 1, 2022

The boys pull tiny bottles of Captain Morgan from their pockets, their fee for entry. They roll one to each of us, and we gag when we sip.

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Survival Training by Michelle Ross
November 1, 2022

I will be ten tomorrow, and I feel cheated in too many ways to count.

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Rosebud by Victoria Buitron
October 25, 2022

A gift from the twilight depths of our yard.

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