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5 Greek Refusals: A micro series
Because the princess was dying of love for the suitor, the suitor who was so athletic and so strong, the…
Finding the Voices: An Interview with Cathy Ulrich
Cathy Ulrich’s story collection, Ghosts of You, published by Okay Donkey Press, hums with the chatter of forgotten women. Ulrich…
DARK: Four micros
Living so closely When the girl falls off a cliff, a few people hear a shriek, see a black dot…
So Much Closer Now
The girl detective has just turned fourteen. She will be kidnapped a week before her fifteenth birthday, ice cream in…
The Meteor
The meteor fell from the sky and landed in the yard of the couple. It charred the grass and flattened…
Alas, Behind the Garage
Alas, behind the garage where the trash cans are, hunched and weeping, your cousin Glenna says she is pregnant and…
We Smoke
We smoke because the nuns say we shouldn’t—he-man Marlboros or Salems, slender and meadow fresh, over cups of thin coffee…
Talking About Ernie Banks
Their father drank Hamm’s when he finished his shift. After supper, on good days, he’d grab the boys and hang…
Amelia
Amelia hates it when people call her Amy. Amy is her mother’s name, she tells them, and her grandmother’s name.…
Good Enough
I heard my daughter was working at Laundry & Tan Connection and hoped it wasn’t true but when I went…
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