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      I no longer harangue every desk nurse at every hospital for a taxonomic breakdown of her bills. I don’t ask for the numbers of the Benadryl, the water cups, the abdominal touches done with gloved hands. I am the most American I’ve ever been—she costs what she costs and I eat it.

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Fiction


Subterranean by Dana Cann
February 28, 2023

After a while, we were all breaking into our neighbors’ basements.

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Daddy Asks if You Want a Pink or Red Swiss Army Knife by Brianna Corley
February 21, 2023

In the South, you are given your first knife when you still have to climb the cabinet tops to reach the mason jars filled with your mawmaw’s mayhaw jelly.

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Peach Pie by Emily Ross
February 14, 2023

I brought you a peach pie, just for old times.

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The First Step by Natalie Schriefer
January 24, 2023

From a snowbank I watched the squirrel run.

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07:15 Fast Local by Hema Nataraju
January 10, 2023

At this time, the middle-aged commuter should be on the 07:15 fast local train. Instead, he’s lying face down on the road outside the station.

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