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The Eulogy Competition

By Lisa Ferranti

My father tells all three of us to write a eulogy and he’ll decide who gets to deliver theirs at…

Protocol for What to Do after Hearing Another Rape Story in Exam Room Five

By Margaret Adams

To The Tower

By Skyler Melnick

There are six of them. No, seven. They cycle out of the tower and into the night, following their headmistress.…

The Pebble and the Witch

By Emma Li

Transformation magic is easy. Gold into straw, carriages into pumpkins: the witch had done it a thousand times before. The…

The Desert Sound

By Mikhaela Woodward

When I meet her, I say all the wrong things first. Wind the beautiful. Hair is yours. Meet me nice.…

Our Lady of Clean Kitchens

By Joseph Hernandez

On the morning of her last day alive, Tía Reina awoke with a halo of bright pink aligning her forehead.…

The Astronaut Shops

By Dustin M. Hoffman

The astronaut pushes a wire cart through the supermarket. Their body is obscured beneath the thick, radiation-proof fabric. Their face…

Chaos

By Patricia Q. Bidar

1. The fourth-grade mothers learn that one of the fourth-grade girls, Jade, is missing. Their sons and daughters announce this…

The Tide House

By Travis Flatt

My daughter’s walking me through her sandcastle. She brings me in through the garage weight room, which opens up into…

Portrait, Sleep

By Tara Isabel Zambrano

After she gave birth, she could hardly sleep because she was either leaking milk or blood, or both at the…

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