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"This Is the Future " by Kevin Clouther
Kevin thought he could take Wayne. At worst, it would be close. Wayne was pulling a hose across a dusty field. “What are you growing?”...
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- Aug 7
- 13 min
"Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome" by Jennifer Makowsky
I still can’t really say how or when Miriam made the move from being our English au pair to being my twin brother's girlfriend. It was...
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- Aug 7
- 10 min
"A Matter of Time" by Jason Gipstein
Getting old is a kick in the lady garden, Charles. I’ve only said that once to anyone out loud—to my friend, Jeannie (the one who told...
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- Aug 7
- 5 min
"Henry Fuckbutter" by Brad Petit
Henry Fuckbutter was a real man, as real as any before or since. And I’m not just making this up, mind you—you can Google it yourself. I...
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- Aug 7
- 14 min
"The Lost Coast" by Claire Dodd
The painter’s wife was instantly recognisable: she was hurrying barefoot along the cracked stone path that linked the lodge’s drained...
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- May 9
- 10 min
"A Different Place" by Laura White Gray
“When did this happen?” Paula says as she scrolls through her son’s photographs on the laptop. “What?” he asks. Jarred by his question,...
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- May 9
- 15 min
"Coqen" by Philip Jason
We are here to hunt the beasts the natives call Coqeli. We have traveled six thousand miles by plane, car, boat and helicopter. For two...
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- May 9
- 15 min
"Elias Wolf" by Virginia Watts
Elias Wolf is a perfect name for a vampire, and the Elias Wolf who lived in my hometown of Putnum, West Virginia, certainly looked the...
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- May 9
- 11 min
"Haley Lovell" by Tommy Vollman
A few weeks after Haley Lovell’s third birthday, her dad buckled her into her car seat outside the old Milford post office, kissed her...
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- May 9
- 9 min
"Measured in Men" by Aarron Sholar
The upright speakers at the front of the reception hall invite the couples up to slow dance. I sit beside AJ at our table, next to his...
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- Feb 28
- 23 min
"Goodbye Joan" by Susan Holcomb
At 7 am on a Friday, Ellie stood outside her apartment dressed like Joan of Arc. From her window upstairs the street had looked sunny and...
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- Feb 28
- 15 min
"One Hit Wonder" by Dan A. Cardoza
Way back in Tommy Tutone's childhood Chicago, the word on the street is that Tommy was conceived under a dead hickory tree, on top of a...
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- Feb 14
- 14 min
"Courtship" by Terry Mergenthal
The Walther P22 in Carl Peltier’s glove compartment isn’t the same gun his father used. That was the P38, heavier by a pound and forever...
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- Feb 7
- 19 min
"The Posthumous Father" by Robert Pope
When I originally wrote this story and sent it to a magazine I thought might be interested, I got it back with the note they rejected it...
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- Jan 27
- 11 min
"Emotional Rescue" by Stephanie Tamagi
Eddie says things must change between us, that they can’t be as before. “Because I’m not here anymore, not really.” He has tried to...
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- Oct 31, 2021
- 21 min
"Unhappy Dido" by Diane Lefer
They started with Ravel’s Bolero. Instead of the snare drum with a quiet heartbeat tap, the concert took off with a bang. Sure, before...
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- Oct 31, 2021
- 21 min
"Unseen Links" by Rebecca L. Monroe
“Two cents.” Sarah looked up in surprised. “Oh, nothing. I wasn’t thinking anything.” Emma raised an eyebrow. “Really? Is that why you...
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- Oct 31, 2021
- 14 min
"Dying to Know" by J.D. Kotzman
People die every day. That’s what I kept telling myself anyway—anything to explain why we put Lisa in the ground this morning, why a...
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- Oct 31, 2021
- 15 min
"Grounded" by Kim Bradley
The crop duster was named for his mother’s ornery great uncle, Hawthorne Eustis Middleton. Young Hawthorne never took to it. When he was...
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- Oct 31, 2021
- 11 min
"Veterans' Reunion" by Toni Artuso
CW/TW: Historical racism In memory of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman (AKA Lyons Wakeman) (1843-1864), who died in hospital while serving with the...
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