Browsing Category Fiction

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  Fiction

  The Wasp

  "When Luis moved back it felt like time travel."

  By Elle Nash
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  Fiction

  The Air Where I Belong

  "It wants me. It does not seize me, but it is persuasive. Another mouthful of water."

  By TJ Heffers
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  Fiction

  Beach Bumster

  "In the village, ancient baobabs grow pregnant with the bones of holy men and papered prayers, and in the city, small boys beg, tin cans to their elbow."

  By Ah-reum Han
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  Fiction

  The Warmest Color

  "Her: Mona, the girl with pointy front teeth that bore an eerie resemblance to fangs: an artist; an aspiring mortician; an ongoing problem."

  By Sam Eichner
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  Fiction

  Head of a Snowman

  "Didn’t people know by now that nobody was better at punishing Ellis than Ellis?"

  By Kevin Magruder
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  Fiction

  Tanuki

  "He saw his reflection in Tre’s shades--aviators, white mask--they looked as though they were about to rob a bank."

  By Jeff Chon
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  Fiction

  The Man from Yorba Linda

  “The President of the United States is calling–will you accept the charges?”

  By Sarah Marshall
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  Fiction

  Bloodline

  “Like my mother before me, and her mother before her, I have loved my share of men who are not named Joseph.”

  By Kerry Cullen
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  Fiction

  Remains

  “Dear Usurper, You will find a dozen letters in this house. Each letter, each comma, each sentence, each period on the page is a curse.”

  By Alexandra Ford
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  Fiction

  Another Name for Stargazing

  "The first time her father came back from the psych ward, he was given tasks to occupy his eyes."

  By Kristen Arnett
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  Fiction

  The Blue Tiger

  "She guessed that’s what love was--making each other feel bad on purpose and then being sorry about it."

  By Rhianna Reinmuth
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  Fiction

  Technology

  "Without the benefit of the diagram, you might just start clapping, creating tiny explosions that spread myriad pustules of anti-bacterial hand soap all over..."

  By Doug Weaver