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To Be Another Than Myself

Caroline Beimford -

We didn’t know anyone in Bilbao, so we managed our expectations. We wandered through the old town, a knave of streets and warrens so narrow...

The One With Naked Friendsgiving

Edgar Gomez -

The only rule listed on the Naked Friendsgiving event website, italicized and in all-caps beneath a brief schedule of events—come watch movies, play games, eat yummy...

Dreaming in Tongues

Daphne Palasi Andreades -

Isabel sat at the back of the Adult Beginner’s English class with other Filipinos who already knew how to speak English, that language of the colonizers...

We Drew This Picture of JonBenét

Megan Walsh -

Bartholomew Baxter is the only boy who's nice to me. He's half a foot shorter than everyone else, and chunkier—he’s shaped like Theodore from ...

The Midwife

Marianne Micros -

“The Midwife” is an excerpt from Eye (Guernica, 2018), a collection of stories by Marianne Micros. Eye launches on November 18, 2018 in Toronto...

The Dry Season

Chin-Sun Lee -

On her descent into Phoenix, Helen lifted her window shade to see a spectacular, fluorescent pink sunset, a 3-D postcard that made her snort out loud....

The Other You’s

Leland Cheuk -

We rented an apartment on Avenue Trudaine. The place was on the third floor and overlooked Square D’Anvers, which was a short downhill walk from...

The Boys

Scott Fenton -

The other boys, pulling off their cherry red swimsuits—Luis lingered in the locker room, watching them. Wade’s Adam’s apple bulged in his throat. Fresh...

At Full Capacity

Kate Axelrod -

On their third date, Jack and Abby drive to Atlantic City. It’s eleven-thirty on a Wednesday night. Earlier in the evening they’d met at a bar...

Now That We Found Love What Are We Gonna Do

Maddy Raskulinecz -

I. The main thing that happened to me this year is that I became romantically involved. Previously this man and I were best friends. Everyone’s reactions were...