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Secret to Marriage

By Laura Sciortino
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They sit in silence on the farmhouse porch. It’s nothing, he hopes.  Earlier as his wife lay sleeping, toes twitching,…

SECRET TO MARRIAGE

By Laura Sciortino
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They sit in silence on the farmhouse porch. It is nothing, he hopes. Earlier as his wife lay sleeping, toes…

I Come From Aliens

By Janet Fancher
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There’s a picture from my wedding where my father looks at me with his face all screwed up with concern…

Neighborhood

By Linda Shapiro

Occasionally I walk here, when the weather permits.   Today I spot a man watering his garden, a riot of…

One Night, the Moon Starts Crying

By Francine Witte

Tears falling to earth in gulps of rain. No one knows why the moon is crying but everyone’s making a…

You are pulling your hair again

By Melissa Llanes Brownlee

and I don’t say anything as you drop each strand on the ground and I wonder are you okay do…

Spin the Bottle

By Keith J. Powell

Nicole spins, smiles, bites Mark’s lip, and coaxes him from the circle. They make slow, cautious love on the pile…

Fiction Writing

By Michelle Ross

Truth or dare: Who did you lose your virginity to? That sorta-kinda-boyfriend I had the summer before college. We both…

A Pool Party in 1994

By Dylan

When the boy’s mother told him to at last get dressed for the pool party, what he heard was: son,…

How to Make a Mirror

By Adam McOmber

Find a pool of water. It should be still. Maybe in a hidden grove somewhere. Remember a person or thing…

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