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Moon Pillow
After three days, my husband comes home with the moon pillow, still in its plastic. I don’t know how he…
Operating Instructions for Your Broken Heart
These are the things you may not do: You may not hide in or under your bed without speaking for…
Swan Songs are Just Human Songs with Feathers
It was the off-season and we were left to the rain that mourned the tourists. Paddleboats masquerading as swans. Swans…
Quarantine Reading with Chelsea Stickle
There are collections that are so good that instead of ripping open the packaging they come in and reading until…
Love Street Blues
I wanted to live on Love Street when I grew up. To steal paperbacks about salvation sex and hide them…
Centipede of the Year
To the centipede I tried to kick down my drain but refused to go. I see you there. Being better…
Interview with Megan Giddings
K Chiucarello: First, I want to say congratulations on your recent Paris Review publication. It is such an astounding essay.…
Of Photography and Truth
Image You’re always embarrassed in photographs, holding up your hand, saying wait, wait, and it’s your hair or your makeup…
5 Flash About Life’s Beginning & 5 Flash About Life’s End
Stories about endings and stories about beginnings cannot be mutually exclusive. Every ending is a new beginning and every beginning…
Small Talk
Around the dining room, the guests make small talk. The talk of some is so small, it is quark-sized. Some…
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