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At My Job I Work the Robotic Arms
On the line, I run a double-forklift. It’s a lot like a regular forklift, but the forks both spread out…
Unfinished Equations
I stand at the kitchen window, calculating the parabolic arc a murmuration of birds makes against the ridge of conifers.…
Odds and Ends
It was supposed to be chess club, but instead, it was Gambler’s Anonymous, and that’s what you get in Moline.…
We have to be Honest: An Interview with Kathryn Silver-Hajo
Wolfsong (ELJ Editions 2023), Kathryn Silver-Hajo’s first full-length publication, is a gorgeous hybrid collection of flash fiction and CNF stories…
The Cloud Lab
In science class, Margot teaches them about the magic of snow. “Evaporation, condensation, deposition,” she says. On the whiteboard she…
Maid In America
When I go in, the sink is bursting with unwashed dishes coated with moldy leftover scraps, half-filled glasses, cups that…
BRAIN, BRIAN
Marvin’s tumor is the size of an unshelled walnut. His doctor, who wears bile-colored Crocs, has told Marvin and Marvin’s…
Patrons
The shades are pulled down by Mick before the summer sunsets. Mick is a regular: he spends every day, open…
Launch Day Conditions: 1986
Kerry found a hundred-dollar bill at the gas station near pump three. It was covered in oil. She carried the…
Fact of Nature
You could think of it as an evolutionary advancement. Steelheads can spawn multiple times, whereas their salmon kin buck their…
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