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Orli Van Mourik -

Julia was not a woman given to magical thinking, one of those Whitmanesque souls who saw God’s fingerprint on everything from Orion’s belt to...

Shannon Perri -

Earl set the keys to the ash-colored minivan on the motel room’s nightstand. He moved the keys to the desk made of fiberboard, and...

Maxim Loskutoff -

When the earthquake hit, Doyle Hooper was out on the very tip of Cascade Head. The initial shock threw him to the ground and...

Lillian Weber -

She comes in at two a.m., closing the door slowly, wincing theatrically at the click of the latch, so used...

Selena Anderson -

Robert don’t need no help pulling girls, now. But when the Dream Date came to Burrell for its Hometown Hunks series, I just had...

Susanna Kwan -

Recently, at a neighbor's memorial, I saw a young man in uniform press a button inside the barrel of his bugle, his white gloves...

Olga Breydo -

I hit the brakes at a stop sign and look in the rear view mirror to do my lashes. The 1980 Chevy Cavalier is...

Michael Chylinski -

I used to live alone before I knew you The cow dog is no more, and almost a year later now I grieve for him...

Daniel Zomparelli -

I woke up again, the feeling of empty weighing to one side of the bed. I heard Derek again in the other room, talking...

Mary Miller -

I had never ridden a bus before, not a city bus, not a bus where you stood at a bus stop and buses came...