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White Walls

Darley Stewart -

We lived then in North Haven, beautifully by most standards. My mother and father and me — I was by all accounts a beautiful child,...

Bedroom Talk

Jenessa Abrams -

I know a guy who’s going to kill another guy when he’s ready to die. I used to fuck him. He used to fuck me....

Can’t Dance

Erica Peplin -

My mom took me to get a spray tan. She showed me how to step into the stall. She told me to close my eyes....

Spying

Taylor Larsen -

With his notebook already open, Daniel scanned the yards in front of us for the most interesting thing to take note of. The air was...

The Impossible Self

Stephen Langlois -

“What happened was the transformer outside the house started shooting sparks,” says Frank like he already told me this and is wondering why he has to...

We Wives

Christine Hennessey -

Every celebration starts the same. On the morning of the Fourth of July we close off the cul-de-sac with bright orange traffic cones, pull card...

Q&A

Megan Cummins -

For a short time I dated a tow-truck driver and on weekends I would ride around with him as he impounded illegally parked cars. I...

La Piñata

Marie Myung-Ok Lee -

That was the most busted-up car he'd ever seen. A wood-paneled station wagon like he hadn't seen since he was twelve and dared Pigeon Nelson (whose...

Dziadek

Monika Woods -

The old man’s face carried no hint of his thoughts. He stood impassively in his cramped living room, his small living room that was full...

The Modern Stone Age

Luke Geddes -

At first they walked the earth with nothing. Their hands clasped no tools, their bloodied knuckles dragged along the treacherous terrain. They dwelled in caves and...