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February 17, 2023 | Fiction

Jersey Devil’s Breath

Anna Krivolapova

Every winter, the Jersey Shore freezes into an old car in the driveway, tarped and bricked until May.

February 16, 2023 | Fiction

Maximo the Magnificent

Adam Johnson

How they stabbed me and got away with it!

February 16, 2023 | Fiction

Maximo the Magnificent

Adam Johnson

How they stabbed me and got away with it!

February 14, 2023 | Fiction

How to Cruise When You Know Nothing

Z.H. Gill

He came down my throat, I slurped it all up.

February 14, 2023 | Fiction

How to Cruise When You Know Nothing

Z.H. Gill

He came down my throat, I slurped it all up.

February 7, 2023 | Fiction

Partial Suicide

Troy James Weaver

Everything tended to with love bears fruit they told me. 

February 7, 2023 | Fiction

Partial Suicide

Troy James Weaver

Everything tended to with love bears fruit they told me. 

February 6, 2023 | Fiction

Home Show

Emily Gaynor

That every aspect of her life could have an expensive accoutrement was highly erotic.

 

February 6, 2023 | Fiction

Home Show

Emily Gaynor

That every aspect of her life could have an expensive accoutrement was highly erotic.

 

February 3, 2023 | Fiction

Mrs Narcissus

James Nulick

How much would you pay to have an honest conversation with yourself?

February 3, 2023 | Fiction

Mrs Narcissus

James Nulick

How much would you pay to have an honest conversation with yourself?

February 2, 2023 | Fiction

Sixty Percent

Will Isaac

He turns up late to almost all of his final exams, answers whatever questions he feels like and defaces the rest of the paper.

February 2, 2023 | Fiction

Sixty Percent

Will Isaac

He turns up late to almost all of his final exams, answers whatever questions he feels like and defaces the rest of the paper.

January 31, 2023 | Fiction

Natalie, My Chaperone

Cash Compson

I lie in bed a long time before sleep comes. I wonder if I love Natalie or if I’m just so bored and I’m turning fleeting, tiny moments into full scale cinematic affairs in my head.

January 31, 2023 | Fiction

Natalie, My Chaperone

Cash Compson

I lie in bed a long time before sleep comes. I wonder if I love Natalie or if I’m just so bored and I’m turning fleeting, tiny moments into full scale cinematic affairs in my head.

January 23, 2023 | Fiction

Bath Salts

Andrea Taylor

I can tell she’s not convinced. But I’ve been Googling symptoms: confusion, nausea, loss of appetite, changes in sleep patterns, visual hallucinations, erratic behavior.

January 23, 2023 | Fiction

Bath Salts

Andrea Taylor

I can tell she’s not convinced. But I’ve been Googling symptoms: confusion, nausea, loss of appetite, changes in sleep patterns, visual hallucinations, erratic behavior.

January 17, 2023 | Fiction

The Alcoholic Babysitter

Katie Frank

She breathed deeply and saw an image of the naughtiest kids in the afterschool program laughing at her.

January 17, 2023 | Fiction

The Alcoholic Babysitter

Katie Frank

She breathed deeply and saw an image of the naughtiest kids in the afterschool program laughing at her.

January 9, 2023 | Fiction

Full Metal Jacket

Steven Arcieri

My neighbor let his Rottweiler roam without a leash again and I’m an inch away from planting razor blades inside my tomatoes.

 

January 9, 2023 | Fiction

Full Metal Jacket

Steven Arcieri

My neighbor let his Rottweiler roam without a leash again and I’m an inch away from planting razor blades inside my tomatoes.

 

December 6, 2022 | Fiction

Back to School 2

Matthew Davis

At the head of the conference table sat a man scrolling on his phone, whom Michael intuited was the leader of this secret society. 

December 6, 2022 | Fiction

Back to School 2

Matthew Davis

At the head of the conference table sat a man scrolling on his phone, whom Michael intuited was the leader of this secret society. 

October 9, 2022 | Fiction

A LOW-HANGING TOWEL

Garielle Lutz

He had a little radio, and on the mornings it snowed, he listened over and over to the lists of school closings until he knew them by heart: Kellerville area, Longstead area, Mount Holly area, all the outlying place-names, all the Our Lady of’s. Sometimes there was only a two-hour delay, and he wondered what it must be like, to have the boon of two extra hours like that.

October 9, 2022 | Fiction

A LOW-HANGING TOWEL

Garielle Lutz

He had a little radio, and on the mornings it snowed, he listened over and over to the lists of school closings until he knew them by heart: Kellerville area, Longstead area, Mount Holly area, all the outlying place-names, all the Our Lady of’s. Sometimes there was only a two-hour delay, and he wondered what it must be like, to have the boon of two extra hours like that.

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Exit, Carefully

Elizabeth Ellen

"I loved reading Exit, Carefully. It’s unusual, and in my opinion exciting, to publish a play without previously receiving a major production."

                      -Walker Caplan, Lithub

Who Killed Mabel Frost?

Miss Unity

I thought I was unhappy as a man. Turns out I was just unhappy…