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Canarsie Zuhitsu

By Geri Modell

Last stop on the LL line. Subway platform outdoors, a track on each side. A green-lit bulb above each track.…

Every Thought and Prayer

By Stephen Haines

Every thought and prayer was answered. Everything reversed. The news crews packed their vans with cameras and microphones, and the…

The Flies

By Rachele Salvini

As she kills the flies, Gloria asks for mercy, then sprays an insecticide that sticks to the walls for weeks.…

The Story You’ll Never Tell

By Kathryn Aldridge-Morris

That story you’ll never tell is the house on the street in every Seventies horror movie you devoured in the…

For a Short Time Only

By Holly Burns

The summer I babysat the Brady twins, their parents were on the brink of divorce. My parents were on the…

Snagging Blanket

By Abigail F. Taylor

Sundance Lee draped his old snagging blanket around his shoulders. It hadn’t snagged anyone for many years. His legs were…

Fullness

By Payne Ratner

First it was the little porcelain dogs with green glass eyes. Each one in various uniforms. A policeman bulldog, a…

Four

By E.R. Ramzipoor

And because the house was filled with comfortable things, you wondered. As your wife slept under the perfect thread count,…

Reasons to Be Cheerful

By G. Ochsner

One morning, as I stood at the bus stop waiting for the 7:05, my neighbor, Horowitz, drove over my left…

PIEL MUERTA / DEAD SKIN

By Gabriella Navas

She begins each morning by peeling the dead skin off her lips. Sometimes, she feels like she is shucking corn…

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