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Why I Break the Dishes by David B. Prather

October 3, 2023

I want to see my true self, all my raw, unglazed edges, all my broken pieces a puzzle shattered on the floor.

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little by by Lorelei Bacht

October 3, 2023

little in our sleep the river ate the road

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Hurricane Penelope by Timothy Boudreau

September 26, 2023

Her thoughts are like squalls of wind and water: concerned co-workers, ex-husband, grownup kids worried she’s drinking too much but too busy to come check on her.

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Road to Hana by Annie Marhefka

September 26, 2023

The edges of the road were chipping away, the black tar dripping down the mountain like honey.

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Second Cousins by Ben Kline

September 19, 2023

Danger only wants to be believed.

A Parisian Affair by Kevin Wranovix
Inspiration is a foggy fellow, emerging from nothing, dissipating into nothing, answering to nothing.
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
Ruth stood on the narrow iron bridge, gripping her father’s obsidian necklace, and wondered how many years it would take before the river wore them both down to nothing.
The Call by Eben E. B. Bein
I hungered into that quiet until— there—unbelievable!— a wolf spider scuttled onto a leaf.
Saturation by Claire Oleson
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.