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Sammuel Bennett -

It's Monday and the commuter train is barreling through frigid Chicago suburban morning like a silver thermos, pounding diesel into miles and miles of...

Clean and Bright

Peter Anderson -

I have always enjoyed it here, at night, after the day's heat and dust have passed. I sit in shadow, beneath a young elm...

À la carte

Julia Gruson-Wood -

I can’t say that I could convince myself that I have ever wanted anything so badly as that stuffed horse. I can’t really explain...

Come As You Are

Bruce LaBruce -

From a feature film in development with Existential Crisis Films written with Brock Konig Brock. www.brucelabruce.com EXT. MEXICO - DAY The naked body of a handsome...

Unburdened Things

Andrew Hood -

I don’t think I want to be the kind of person anymore that brings tears to things unnecessarily. Like, “Belly’s missed us,” I’ll say...

But Who Will Slap Marguerite?

Claudia Dey -

Not all of Marguerite’s thoughts turn to violence. Why don’t I have a pet? Why must I dream about the children of celebrities?...

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Jeff Waxman -

They stand in doorways and in corners, leaning against walls in practiced poses of authoritative nonchalance. Their hands are crossed at the wrist behind...

Buttermilk

Nick McArthur -

There were three young men living in the upstairs apartment and all of them belonged in hell. There was an invitation that Mr. Bloomer...

Brighton, Where Are You?

Matthew Rader -

Brighton, where are you? Palmer. It had been etched into the back of the stall door with some kind of corrosive and then, in...

For W.W.

Sean Dixon -

Have you ever had that thing happen where you go to sleep in a bed and you’re asleep for awhile and then you wake...