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Day Trader
You’re good at selling words. Every morning you go to the market with the other girls and offer up a…
Wedding in Acapulco, 1983
Notice how they stand in the background of an old family photograph. How they all wear white. How they cloak…
2021 Best Small Fictions Nominations
Endangered Species by Caroljean Gavin Things Never Stay Warm by María Alejandra Barrios A Too Small Room by Yume Kitasei…
Pose
His boots lay down a path through the Timothy and Queen Anne’s lace. This tall, tall boy, with his long…
Deaths of the Actor
The actor has died thirty-four times. His first death, a grotesque slow-motion spearing in the midst of battle, was looped…
Sweets From Strangers
When we heard that Mingming’s grandmother was coming to live with her, my sister and I asked our parents endless…
The Marriage Market
An old Bedford van passes you on the track to the *moussem. On top, penned but precarious, barely a bleat,…
Fractured Lit 2021 Micro Contest Longlist
I’m so proud of our team for reading so many micros! We’re so impressed by the sense of place, the…
Oil Drills
She reached into the fridge for one of those individual tubs of yogurt designed to release the digestive tract. Her…
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