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A THOUSAND MILES AWAY
We were always driving and once in the night in the dark after hours and hours, days even of only…
Your Mother Imagines You Dead
She imagines you dead in the bathtub. The split second you slide under. The gasp. The sputter. She catches you,…
2022 Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fairy Tales Prize Longlisted Titles
Missing Cracked They Are the Wild Ones A Ghost Story How to Stitch the Emperor’s New Clothes We Sleep Within…
Shed This Skin
Tonight, I make my return to the water. The weather is warm, the moon full, the time right again to…
Woman of the Hour
Sixty minutes before she steps in front of a speeding van, she blenders bird seeds with berries for her vegan…
Switch
That fall we spent our Saturdays deep in Amish country. We didn’t live there, but Becca’s boyfriend did, forty minutes…
A Pig Called Stripe
My uncle had a spotted pig, called Stripe. Which tells you a lot about my uncle. It started small but…
Anthology II Contest Winners
Caterpillar Killer by Shastri Akella Dirty Shirley by Shannon Bowring Giving Up by Catherine Cade Picking Up Stones by Brad…
Skeleton Crew
There are places where everyone wants to buy a house, but that’s not here. We have empty subdivisions. We have…
Can I Tell You a Secret?
If word gets around, I’ll say you made it all up. I’ll tell them you’re lying, that you’re just looking…
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