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My Brother, Named and Unnamed

By Steven Sherrill

My brother is the smallest man in the world. I’m not even kidding. Most of the time, he lives in…

Hair, Teeth

By Josiah Nelson

They came to town, one riding a lawnmower, the other carrying a leaf blower, their hair shorn tight and crisp…

The Pigeon-Pea Princess of Sanganakallu

By Rosaleen Lynch

The pigeon-pea, that lies under seventeen cardboard mattresses, grew in the stone age, amongst wild animals, and traveled across time…

Your Mother Imagines You Dead

By Bethany Marcel

She imagines you dead in the bathtub. The split second you slide under. The gasp. The sputter. She catches you,…

Shed This Skin

By Annie Frazier

Tonight, I make my return to the water. The weather is warm, the moon full, the time right again to…

Woman of the Hour

By Claire Polders

Sixty minutes before she steps in front of a speeding van, she blenders bird seeds with berries for her vegan…

Switch

By Susan Perabo

That fall we spent our Saturdays deep in Amish country. We didn’t live there, but Becca’s boyfriend did, forty minutes…

A Pig Called Stripe

By Iona Rule

My uncle had a spotted pig, called Stripe. Which tells you a lot about my uncle. It started small but…

Anthology II Contest Winners

By Fractured Lit
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Caterpillar Killer by Shastri Akella Dirty Shirley by Shannon Bowring Giving Up by Catherine Cade Picking Up Stones by Brad…

Skeleton Crew

By Beth Hahn

There are places where everyone wants to buy a house, but that’s not here. We have empty subdivisions. We have…

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