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November 2, 2026 | Fiction

Three Thoughts Later, I Realize

Devika Kaul

I know I wouldn’t think this way if I’d made some effort to become a better person, but at this point, it’s too late. I’ve come to believe that when you choose a way of living, you need to commit to it like religion or it won’t stick.

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November 2, 2026 | Poetry

Six Poems

Ron Arbuckle

A NAME WRITTEN IN WATER 

October is the cruelest month 
Thin veils and jack-o’-lanterns 
Cackling witches calling us knaves 
Smoke a pack a day until Christmas, till 
Saint Nick doesn’t

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November 2, 2026 | Fiction

Lost: Small Dog (Beige)

Jack Fisher

Reward: $200. Reward: whatever you want. Reward: I will come get him in my pajamas, I will come get him from anywhere, I will come get him.

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November 1, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

High Tide

Yundi Shen

During the holiday of their second year, they were nineteen. He was celebrating finally being allowed to drive the old Land Rover his father once used. After dinner he drove her home.

October 31, 2026 | Interview

Hobart Questionnaire with Laura Albert

Laura Albert/Elizabeth Ellen

Often have a fantasy of living My Year of Rest and Relaxation and need to remind myself this is not an aspirational book.

October 30, 2026 | Fiction

Netting

Wilson Koewing

“What in the hell are you doing out here at this hour?” the security guard said. “Just taking a walk,” Price said. 

October 30, 2026 | Fiction

Road Trip to Lustland

Jenna Obeid Mackenroth

The air between his boys started going bad, no matter how long they tried to leave the windows open. They were getting tired of the motels and their poolside women. There were only so many sun-bleached bitches they could do before his boys wanted more.

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