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Bird Resuscitation

By Jamie Cooper

You stuff chunks of a frozen bird into your pockets. Outside, the world is spinning. A homeless man asks you…

Protected: Welcome Video From Kathy Fish

By Kathy Fish

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In Which Sophie and I Clear a Forest

By Anita Lo

The crab apples had disappeared from Sophie’s grove across the street last week, but I didn’t notice until Sophie got…

And This Is How It Ended

By Yasmina Din Madden

The End Me at his door, trying to convince him I was a good person. But I wasn’t a good…

100 Word Story Mini-Contest Winners

By Fractured Lit

Libertas Bayveen O’Connell War Destroys A Man From the Inside Out Edie Meade Look Sky, No Suburbs Meg Tuite I…

Numbers

By Noreen Hyde

Nationwide that year, 128 officers were killed in the line of duty. My father is number 87 in the official report,…

100 Word Story Mini-Contest Shortlist

By Fractured Lit

Libertas Button mashing After Grief Space Whales War Destroys A Man From the Inside Out Look Sky, No Suburbs Snow…

The I.C.’s

By Clare Tascio

They were everywhere: the I.C.’s. You couldn’t spit without hitting one. You tripped over them in the street, on the…

Origami

By Jo Withers

It is impossible to fold the same piece of paper seven times. 1. You wrote inside the lines. Your textbooks…

Motherhood: A Hexaptych

By Candace Hartsuyker

1 She is cold, but they are frost and shiver. She digs them holes in the snow, sweeping ice crystals…

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