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Our Children Would Not Kill Us

Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer -

I don’t want to give the impression that I was special; yet this was an extraordinary time in my life; I was a wreck,...

The Only Detail That Matters

Stacey May Fowles -

One In our fifth roadside motel room Alice is standing in front of the mirror examining her face carefully. She is wearing nothing more than...

Hot Bitches

Trinie Dalton -

Twinkles popped the trunk with her paw, and poochies piled out like spring-loaded snakes from a gag peanut can. The five bitches in heat...

Tell Me. Why Does He Have To Have a Head?

Eva Moran -

This all started when Niall grilled me about which athletes have the best bodies. “Fucking fighters,” he said. And contemplating his decorated amateur boxer bod and...

The Sound of Morning Glory

Karina Melendez -

"The Sound of Morning Glory" will be back soon after a technical error has been fixed!

In Christ there Is No East or West

Derek Weiler -

She said: “If someone was getting married it would be important enough, wouldn’t it? This is the closest thing to a wedding Francis is...

This Night In October

Claire Gibson -

“I want you to know before I open the door that I’m not a Nazi.” “Lil,” I say, “just open it.” Lil is my nickname...

Lemon Pie

Allison McMaster -

Go cut me a slice of lemon meringue pie. Be quick about it. Don't go rummaging in the cutlery drawer for some dainty dessert...

Monkfish

Laura Boudreau -

Next to Victor is Amelia, who is worried that it still looks like she has pissed her pants. When she arrived at Kevin and...

How We Rise

Amanda Stern -

Say that I could fly using just my body. Say that based on the rate at which I lift my arms, I could take...