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Echoes of Rusty Children
When the war comes, I do not hear it. There are no planes overhead; It is civil, I am later…
Fractured Lit Legends, Myths, & Allegories Prize Longlist
46 stories on our Longlist! We’re working on selecting our shortlist now, and soon we’ll announce those titles and get…
2023 Micro Challenge Winner and Runners-up
We’re excited to name the winner and the runners-up! We’ll publish all three micros in June! Winner! Grilled Cheese by…
Kichi Sibi
If she’d been a regular girl like Janey, painting her nails whisper pink and talking with an affectation on the…
Rock Paper Scissors
Her name was on the Literature of Mathematics & Economics conference roster, attendee badge plucked from the folding table by…
The Economy of Language: An Interview with Sarah Freligh
Sarah Freligh’s new collection, A Brief Natural History of Women, will be released in June by Harbor Editions. These flash…
The Nights I Spend Reading to a Rescue Horse Named Emmeline
Monday I am reading to Emmeline a story about a man who had no DNA. He had severe radiation damage…
What’s Wrong With Sienna?
You can probably imagine a husband-not-baby say he’s hungry, and the woman-his-wife Sienna hurry and scurry, her hands and fingers…
Sundays with Clarisa
My husband owns a German bisque doll from the late 1800s. Her name is Clarisa. She has delicate blonde curls…
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