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Self-Preservation

By Danielle Mund

In the first month of the year after the holiday season she felt out of sorts (the season she got…

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…

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