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January 12, 2026 | Fiction

Breast Envy

Cameron Darc

The cow udder, Freud wrote, was in its form a penis and in its nature a breast, and therefore the intermediary between penis and breast. The blowjob was therefore the image of innocence.

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Clive and Worm in Winter photo

January 11, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

Clive and Worm in Winter

Jacob Potash

I arrived to England in a puddle of mortal pain caused by a breakup.

Baby Bumps photo

January 9, 2026 | Fiction

Baby Bumps

Dominique Wilson

We had enough coke on us to keep the entire party going until sunrise, and when the late arrivals started trickling in, we got practical.

Writers' Workshop photo

January 8, 2026 | Nonfiction

Writers' Workshop

Emma Burger

The distractingly beautiful former beauty editor asks me whether I've read Yoga by Emmanuel Carrere, which I have. "Why are you only asking her? Is this a gender thing?" Our teacher feigns offense.

January 8, 2026 | Fiction

Anthony

Elijah

I figured that Anthony must have been a false promise: handsome but bad in bed, or he led with a sweetness that carried a threat underneath it.

January 7, 2026 | Fiction

Oak Wilt

Jameson Draper

“No it’s not. Those are weird internet people. Have you tried making real-life friends?”

January 5, 2026 | Poetry

Broken Bones

Ángel Sosa

Un día me iré sin decir adiós.

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