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Walpurgisnacht

Alexandra Tanner -

“I’m so tired,” Kate says. “I feel like shit,” Kate says. “We should go out tonight,” Kate says. Next thing I know I’ve gulped down, like, four...

Shape of a sitting man

Kevin Hardcastle -

When Arthur leapt out from the black the eight men around the fire quit talking. One stood like he was pulled up by cables....

As If We’d Been There Before

Eleanor Kriseman -

Jazz and I started out that summer spending every day together. I first saw her earlier that year in the parking lot, unloading groceries...

Brewster’s Century What?

Frankie Barnet -

So, I was moving in with my parents. It was temporary. It had to be temporary. Dale made this clear. Dale being my stepfather. Temporary...

The Open Palm of Desire

Brian Gresko -

My son found a severed hand in the sandbox. Dug it up, along with half a lime green crayon and the nub of a...

Tell Me What I Can Do For You

Curtis LeBlanc -

On an evening in late May, Martin Bigras and his new friend Carl Barnet arrived at a train station in Munich, disembarked and went...

Neutral Buoyancy

J. R. McConvey -

They always make it harder to achieve results. Kielbasa Joe paddles his noodle up the fourth lane in a painfully slow crawl, the fluorescent pool...

Swanee

Sara Lippmann -

Sara Lippmann's debut collection of short fiction, Doll Palace, is now available from Dock Street Press. Billy Monroe was stuck in the plastic fun tunnel...

Ms. Kay

Sara Finnerty -

Amber lay with her back on the purple yoga mat, her legs pressed together at a perfect 90-degree angle. “Exhale,” the teacher said, “And...

Certainty

Matthew Walsh -

“We want you to come around the corner of the car like you aren’t expecting us.” Melanie smiled. She used a lint roller on...