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Caw
Mother says her voice is a visitor in the theater of her throat. The play must not be splendid, she…
Albatross
After twenty-five years and an hour of cash bar drinks, the ballroom-sized venue is stuffed with chatter and assessment. From…
Forgiveness is a Seed
“An enslaved African woman, unable to prevent her children’s sale into slavery, placed some rice seeds in their hair so…
Raising Rabbits
After dinner, after you have wiped down her highchair, the tray, the peeling surface of the kitchen table, after you…
Burn It All Down
The cobweb-fine curtains blow in the wind, a storm gathers, the men work in the fields, the cat spits out…
The Fractured Lit Anthology Volume 3 Shortlist
Of these 42 stories, judge Peter Orner will choose 20 for inclusion in the next anthology!
Casual Pinch, 1992
*inspired by the photo “Candy Cigarette” by Sally Mann* Icy blue stare and perpetual pout. Blonde hair like a mini-Brigette…
Brief Moments of Human Connection: An Interview with Andrew Porter
Sometimes you read a single story by a writer, and you become a fan for life. This happened when I…
Relict Communities
We are the flowers who remember ice. We grew beside the glacier as it drew away, groaning. Raw stone lay…
Pelican
From the back porch, they swore, young parents, they had nothing to fear. The moment they’d thought they’d been waiting…
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