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Gelato

By Richie Zaborowske

For two years now, Leonard’s wife hasn’t wanted to have sex with him. He figures it might have to do…

Candles

By Kelly Ann Jacobson

The third store we visit has been raided. The shelves are like rows of gapped teeth—missing flashlights, missing batteries, missing…

Girl Woman | Woodsman Wolf

By Joshua Jones Lofflin

Here is what you’ll bring to grandmother’s house:

Beach Tree

By Amy DeBellis

I know something is wrong when the spot in the corner of my right eye won’t go away. I was…

Sideways

By Cassandra Parkin

“Sit sideways,” the photographer says, “or you won’t fit.” Obediently, they turn, bare flesh sliding smoothly against the porcelain, and…

Canarsie Zuhitsu

By Geri Modell

Last stop on the LL line. Subway platform outdoors, a track on each side. A green-lit bulb above each track.…

Every Thought and Prayer

By Stephen Haines

Every thought and prayer was answered. Everything reversed. The news crews packed their vans with cameras and microphones, and the…

The Flies

By Rachele Salvini

As she kills the flies, Gloria asks for mercy, then sprays an insecticide that sticks to the walls for weeks.…

The Story You’ll Never Tell

By Kathryn Aldridge-Morris

That story you’ll never tell is the house on the street in every Seventies horror movie you devoured in the…

For a Short Time Only

By Holly Burns

The summer I babysat the Brady twins, their parents were on the brink of divorce. My parents were on the…

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