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When the Giant Breathed

By Zach Moser

In 2023, the island known in County Kerry as the Sleeping Giant, named for its resemblance to a man lying…

Thirteen

By Betty Martin

The giant orb in the night sky makes our friend’s house look like a doll’s house. One of us mentions…

Hug Me

By Mimi Manyin

My son…he’s a good boy. I hug him as often as I can. Casey is almost five now, but he’s…

Safe Passage

By Elia Karra

When the first of the last coughs come, I take my father to the sea. I know he likes it…

Those Who Seek

By Lori Isbell

We were sitting in the stadium waiting for the Face. It came at 6:45, right-center field, or that’s what I’d…

Diorama of Star-Crossed Lovers Driving at Night

By Jim Humes

Look at their body language: Henry grips the wheel with his left hand while the other chops at the air.…

This Time of Death

By Wendy Holmes

I was in her backyard, the tiny fenced-in yard behind an extravagant Brooklyn brownstone. I had the baby, Violet, in…

The Last Laugh

By M. Lea Gray

The lingering perfume of a million flowers is so thick in the funeral home showroom that invisible rose petals plaster…

True Story

By L Mari Harris

I watch her pocket two Snickers bars while I’m ringing up the guy who always buys a can of Skoal…

Newfoundland

By Phillip Grady

We put our seed in the ground and buried a body, but the land gave us nothing in return for…

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