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Tiny Little Goat

By Jasmine Sawers

After you left, a goat took up residence in the left ventricle of my heart. I didn’t know about my…

Boy

By Tochukwu Okafor

Boy, on the night your mother brought you into this noisy, miserable world, at exactly 11:18 pm, on a rainy…

A Middle Finger Flipped on a School Bus

By Davon Loeb

On the school bus you should have seen them, monkeying around about wheels, bottles of non-alcoholic beers, Rock-Paper-Scissor, two kids…

Cheerleader

By John Haggerty

Alison was a cheerleader, and the second-prettiest girl in our class. These qualities seemed extremely important to us at the…

No Matter How Pretty They Look

By Kristina Saccone

It was our first once-a-month grandmother-granddaughter date at the JCC. I hopped on the treadmill while you did Jazzercise, all…

Your Lover, The Clown

By Iona Rule

You meet him at your niece’s birthday party, where the kids run feral, coked-up on pink juice and icing. While…

Remember Your Goals

By Michele Zimmerman

Write down your goals for tomorrow. Write down your goals on a small pocket-sized notepad so that you can take…

Spatchcock

By Sarah Rosenthal

The whole bird lay naked on the cutting board. Iris had received the wooden board as a wedding present. It…

Dust

By Terri Pease

There was a lot of dust on them mens. Me, keepin’ off the wooden sidewalk while keeping an eye, a…

Coefficient

By Phillip Sterling

The foam pillow, one of several retrieved from his parent’s house after the sale, smelled of Bengay. Meant for the…

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