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Self-Solemnization

By Marilyn Hope

Yung-Su brings a live dove, a Eurasian Collared with dust-brown wings and a black nape, holding it in both of…

The Fractured Lit Anthology Volume 3 Longlist

By Fractured Lit

Of these 58 stories, 40 of them will be sent to judge Peter Orner. He will choose 20 for inclusion…

My husband said, just keep baking Bread

By Jude Higgins

So I forget the tanks rolling over the wheat fields towards my house, and now I am on my ninth…

The circus without white horses or elephants

By Fiona Lynch

You carry Grandma’s finger in a velvet purse. It’s your turn. Tess doesn’t have a chance of pocketing it now…

Sheepskin

By Hannah Zhang

The flock scattered across the river at the sight of him, and he watched, drooling—a bony shadow in the reeds—as…

Too Distracted to Function

By Lannie Stabile

Trigonometry was Michaela’s least favorite subject. Her teacher, Mrs. Parveen, was at the front of the room, giving trigonometric functions…

They More Than Burned: An Interview with Tara Stillions Whitehead

By Hannah Grieco
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Tara Stillions Whitehead is a multi-genre writer whose powerful prose explores the fine line between fiction and truth. She regularly…

Canoeing the Black Fork Mohican, 1978

By Phillip Sterling

What you remember is how you had trouble believing it was Ohio, even southern Ohio, the way the river moved…

Hunger

By Matt Barrett

At the General Store, a cashier said, “No, we don’t sell food,” so we asked if she had candy or…

CLASSIFIED AD FOR A GHOST

By Mario Aliberto III

I would like someone to haunt my house and simulate some of my deceased husband’s habits, so I can get…

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