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July 27, 2026 | Fiction

Sexual Harassment

Danielle Chelosky

I was excited at the idea of killing a man, because I thought I really deserved it.

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July 27, 2026 | Nonfiction

Paideia

J.L. Moultrie

In winter, a year and a half ago, a patrol car escorted me to a shelter. I had just begun processing the dissolution of a ten-year relationship when I found myself unhoused. After my first night in the shelter, I woke to a text from my ex-girlfriend: you’ll thank me one day.

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July 26, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

Hurting Myself and Others

Maggie Koons

“Björk.”

“That explains it.”

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July 24, 2026 | Poetry

My Heart Is Taking the Turing Test

Holly Coleman

I’m sorry my body keeps becoming a metaphor. / I’m sorry I kissed every sign looking for the thing it signified. / I’m sorry I wanted proof.

July 22, 2026 | Poetry

Three Poems

Cletus Crow

i don't own a time machine / so here i am gargling syrup / at waffle house at 2:13 a.m.

July 20, 2026 | Fiction, Nonfiction

Pure Protein

Iryna Somkina

I hadn’t written a line of prose in years. I was a corporate machine running on fumes, yet this girl in a G-string was playing the oracle.

July 19, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

Your Therapist Calls You Codependent

Jade McGregor

Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder instructs you to maintain boundaries

Recent Books

Pregaming Grief

Danielle Chelosky

Love is like a museum. You have to look around, experience things, and then leave.

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