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Sharp Cheddar with Dijon on Rye
Christina Craigo
He watched the door, and saw that it wanted to open.
Climate and Human Activity: An Excerpt
Kayla Blatchley
She had grown up and now lived in a cold climate that encouraged looking down.
Today on Dagobah, Ep. 1: "The Landing"
Josh Sippie
Yoda sat atop the wreckage of his escape pod, still creaking from skidding into the murky swamp hours prior
Ant Lifeboat
Annie Woods
The day my brother died, my mom ran naked in the street.
After We Left
Michael Cuglietta
The guy at the hardware store convinced me to buy a bag of concrete mix.
Hard To Know
Sophie McCreesh
I remember playing some songs at four in the morning and asking if you liked them. What the songs sounded like doesn’t matter now. I only knew a little about songs back then but I know a bit more
Excerpt from The Old Colonialists
Sam Michel
A few of the Greater Mosquitoes jogged by with their boards across the flats, all chest and teeth and bleach-brown hair and headed joyous to the break. They ran full on down the slope, stepped high
Through the Wall
Harris Lahti
It’s weird at first. The tenants through the wall. Inhabiting what used to be one-half of their home. The clanging pots and toilet flushes, heavy footsteps. The second truck in the driveway beside
Two Stories
Fiona Foster
Trigger
Up north she took her daughter for a walk to see the woods. Their host’s big yellow dog came along. The snow was deep. The dog was off and ranging. She crept under a fir tree and showed her
The Dormitory
Rob Walsh
At midnight there was a knock on our door, and though our hallmates often knocked at this hour
THE JUNGLE BURIED IN REFLECTED LIGHT IS CALLING TO YOU
Jason Reed-Mundell
The film was a Disney re-release, full of rollicking creatures with wide-flung arms emitting human sounds through smiles that hummed and flickered like radio speakers. Blake was too drunk to follow what was going on, but he ate his popcorn and drifted in and out of sleep, and the things were laughing and singing to him.
The Ring (excerpt from Bengal Lights)
Kirk Michael
We stepped into a washroom and I looked longer at the ring on her finger. “It’s just for starters.” She opened the tap of the industrial sink and drank sideways, water slipping down her chin. She
The Care and Feeding of Growing Things
Margaret Spilman
Her husband had grown the jalapeños in the backyard along with shy heirloom tomatoes and a few anemic cucumbers. He’d tried lettuce and even Sugar Baby watermelons but, at the first sign of ripeness,
You're So Fucking Dull and I'm a Shadow
Marston Hefner
I ate the steak violently because that was how I loved, and a love this intense must always be met with more.
Three Ways To Escape The Trunk of a Car
Cara Dempsey
1. Pull the Release
Before opening the trunk, consider the world outside of it. Think of the miles of hot asphalt rolling underneath you. Think of the many men in the many other cars who might
Steal One Thing From Work Every Day
Joseph Parker Okay
Tori hugged the tree and went home and immediately started petting her dog
Five Stories
Bram Riddlebarger
The gas station sat on the corner like a tasteless cheeseburger.
Elderly Primigravida
Gessy Alvarez
Dr. Sandoval asked if I was planning on having children.
Girl On Girl
Emily Costa
The story is usually backstabbing of some kind.
Dispatches From Humanity
Chris Oxley
Then it came time to open said package of Twizzlers
Sleepovers
Ashleigh Bryant Phillips
She tore off pieces and kept them in her mouth.
Recent Books
Pregaming Grief
Danielle Chelosky
Is this new relationship self-sabotage in disguise, or is it the cure?
Backwardness
Garielle Lutz
Garielle's longest, most peculiar, most particularized book. A sure-to-be collector's item. Not be be missed!