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"Hangin' On" by Blake Kilgore
Tuesday night turned into Wednesday morning, and we were nowhere near home. Me and the boys were always on that pendulum, swinging from...
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Apr 29, 20244 min read
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"Almost to the Point" by Jon Fain
After their early dinner their last night in Provincetown, they walked to the beach. Light reflected off the water, sprinkled the waves,...
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Jan 1, 20234 min read
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"On the Ellen Show" by Kathryn Lord
This trip Myrna Sweeney was in first-class. Free drinks though it was still too early for a beer. More legroom so her knees wouldn’t be...
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Dec 7, 202212 min read
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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, 202218 min read
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"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, 202213 min read
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"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, 202210 min read
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"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, 20225 min read
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"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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Aug 7, 202214 min read
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"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, 202210 min read
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"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, 202215 min read
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"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, 202215 min read
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"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, 202211 min read
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"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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May 9, 20229 min read
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"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, 202223 min read
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"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 28, 202215 min read
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"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 14, 202214 min read
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"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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Feb 7, 202219 min read
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"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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Jan 27, 202211 min read
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"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, 202121 min read
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"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, 202121 min read
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