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The Bear by Francesca Leader
January 17, 2024

Where there’s a cub, there’s always a bigger bear.

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Sometime in late ’87, early ’88 by Patrick Strickland
December 7, 2023

One of the skinheads in the front column has a switchblade. He’s shifting it back and forth between his hands. I swig what’s left of my Natural Light.

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Kincaid by R. B. Miner
December 2, 2023

Kincaid died in an IED explosion in the fourteenth month of our fifteen-month deployment.

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Fresh Bites by Prachi Kamble
December 2, 2023

Like a burglar in an action movie, it had dropped from the ceiling with paranormal accuracy.

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YOLO by Hannah Smothers
December 2, 2023

She has been carrying this story for ten years, shifting its weight from shoulder to shoulder like a heavy backpack.

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