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Long Distance

Sarah Cummins -
I met Rachel four or five years ago. I’m not good with dates or the years in which things happen. I think it must...

The Fountain of Youth

Joel Cuthbertson -
Our father was trying to leave us.   “But he always goes to work,” said the five-year-old.   “This is different,” said his sister, who was ten.   “You’ll see...

Flower

Nettie Jones -
Excerpted from the novel Fish Tales by Nettie Jones (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) I think we could say that I was feeling maudlin that early summer night. Six...

Ghost Story

Kayla Maiuri -
Weeks into the new year I took myself to a diner outside the city. Folgers coffee served in thick ceramic mugs. Eggs and buttered...

Wife Numbers (A Fairy Tale)

Sophie Frances Kemp -
Our husband’s home looked just like this: Wood paneled walls but they are orange. A green rug. A Tiffany lamp, with the motif of a...

Tank

Isabelle Appleton -
The first time Clem told me about his love for tanks I thought he meant the top, then the armored vehicle, before I realized...

Gold Pawn

Cora Lewis -
An old flame of mine is coming to town. “You still have a thing for him,” Saul says.  “He’s dreamy,” I say. “It’s good when they’re also...

Night Watch

Roskva Koritzinsky, translated by Bradley Harmon -
On the outskirts of town stood an old monastery, dilapidating. The monastery had been built towards the end of the Middle Ages and was...

Take Me to Kirkland

Sarah Anderson -
When Chloe called me in the car that Wednesday on the way to Costco, my boyfriend Damian and I were arguing about whether or...

Half Shell

Ariel Courage -
I'd been married six months when my husband died choking on an oyster. I was 23 and he was 27. I grew up by...

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