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Our Father

By Theresa Sylvester

There’s a photo of our father, donning a black suit, standing under a tree, with a mischievous smile and a…

Secret to Marriage

By Laura Sciortino
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They sit in silence on the farmhouse porch. It’s nothing, he hopes.  Earlier as his wife lay sleeping, toes twitching,…

Anthology 5 Shortlist

By Fractured Lit

We finally curated a shortlist of 41 stories, and they’ve been sent to judge, Tara Isabel Zambrano! It’s out of…

I Come From Aliens

By Janet Fancher
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There’s a picture from my wedding where my father looks at me with his face all screwed up with concern…

Neighborhood

By Linda Shapiro

Occasionally I walk here, when the weather permits.   Today I spot a man watering his garden, a riot of…

One Night, the Moon Starts Crying

By Francine Witte

Tears falling to earth in gulps of rain. No one knows why the moon is crying but everyone’s making a…

Child

By Amil Amin

I look down at my phone and it says Baba and I realize I haven’t seen him since that time…

Baby Goat on the Roof

By Sara Hills

“You’re dead to me,” Cas says when I dart back inside the house and catch her dancing through the living…

Anthology 5 Longlist

By Fractured Lit
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If these titles are any indication, then you can see how hard it has been getting down to a longlist…

You are pulling your hair again

By Melissa Llanes Brownlee

and I don’t say anything as you drop each strand on the ground and I wonder are you okay do…

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