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December 3, 2023 | Rejected Modern Love Essay

The Curious Case of Dumbledore, Transplants, and God

Ethan Kahana

When reciting the Ten Plagues in Hebrew, we customarily dip our knives into our wine glass for each plague and set a drop of wine on our dinner plate.

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December 1, 2023 | Fiction

Dead Man Brilliant

K Hank Jost

There’s not a thought in the throb. Not an inkling in the coppery clatter of his mouth. There’s only the turn. Only the fist: fast, everything behind it.

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November 30, 2023 | Fiction

Territory

Franz Jørgen Neumann

She thought he was going to kill her this time, but that was one of the unspoken rules: no killing each other. Also: no kitchen knives, no purpose-built weapons of any kind. No screaming, either. Neighbors, the police—they wouldn’t understand.

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November 29, 2023 | Fiction

A Nice Memory

Jane Liddle

My mother’s screams woke me up.