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July 25, 2025 | Fiction

rateyourboyfriend.com

Brittany Deitch

When I get home, I buy the rateyourboyfriend.com domain name for the $900 upfront fee

July 24, 2025 | Fiction

Practice Practice Practice

Tim Hardy

Darren had dropped out of art school after just six weeks, but he still insisted on referring to everything as his “practice”. Right now his practice involved sending fan letters to alt-lit

July 24, 2025 | Fiction

Practice Practice Practice

Tim Hardy

Darren had dropped out of art school after just six weeks, but he still insisted on referring to everything as his “practice”. Right now his practice involved sending fan letters to alt-lit

July 21, 2025 | Fiction

The Women (excerpts)

Shannon Waite

One of the men I’ve dated has a wooden cross erected in his front yard, and another guy drives a minivan.

July 21, 2025 | Fiction

The Women (excerpts)

Shannon Waite

One of the men I’ve dated has a wooden cross erected in his front yard, and another guy drives a minivan.

July 18, 2025 | Fiction

Dust

Katie Haley

Three hits and down I went. Into the floor. Puddled and leaking through the downstairs neighbor’s ceiling.

July 18, 2025 | Fiction

Dust

Katie Haley

Three hits and down I went. Into the floor. Puddled and leaking through the downstairs neighbor’s ceiling.

July 17, 2025 | Fiction

A Pile of Clothes

Greg Gerke

I feel too sorry, I’m too tired, and though I desperately want to change my life, I’m not in a position to, which is to say I’ve taken up the position of defending my nondefendable position. Position underneath position.

July 17, 2025 | Fiction

A Pile of Clothes

Greg Gerke

I feel too sorry, I’m too tired, and though I desperately want to change my life, I’m not in a position to, which is to say I’ve taken up the position of defending my nondefendable position. Position underneath position.

July 10, 2025 | Fiction

Painted Blue

Kitty Saint-Rémy

The air felt so heavy that it would suffocate all language.

July 10, 2025 | Fiction

Painted Blue

Kitty Saint-Rémy

The air felt so heavy that it would suffocate all language.

July 8, 2025 | Fiction

The Secret Admirer of Virginia Woolf

Helena Haitian Jiang

‘Eaten.’ He rectifies, his tongue flips out and recoils in saurian swiftness.

July 8, 2025 | Fiction

The Secret Admirer of Virginia Woolf

Helena Haitian Jiang

‘Eaten.’ He rectifies, his tongue flips out and recoils in saurian swiftness.

July 4, 2025 | Fiction

Read Sheet [DWJTM]

Ben Jahn

And by:

Elizabeth Ellen’s Instagram account (@shortflightlongdrive). Come for the cougar stalking the line between avant-tasteful and not not ironic literary hot mom, stay for zooming in on the books in the background. Elizabeth Ellen’s Instagram. I’m liking it for the captions.

July 4, 2025 | Fiction

Read Sheet [DWJTM]

Ben Jahn

And by:

Elizabeth Ellen’s Instagram account (@shortflightlongdrive). Come for the cougar stalking the line between avant-tasteful and not not ironic literary hot mom, stay for zooming in on the books in the background. Elizabeth Ellen’s Instagram. I’m liking it for the captions.

July 3, 2025 | Fiction

Sham Life

Leo Lasdun

My surroundings, though I’d moved through them prolifically as a child, seemed then like an opaque screen placed there to conceal something from me

July 3, 2025 | Fiction

Sham Life

Leo Lasdun

My surroundings, though I’d moved through them prolifically as a child, seemed then like an opaque screen placed there to conceal something from me

June 30, 2025 | Fiction

Ceramics

Alpha Zhang

On the train to Avenue du Roi Albert, I knew that this would be the last time I would see her. Feeling time slip over my fingertips like waterflow, I decided I would savor the experience as fully as I

June 30, 2025 | Fiction

Ceramics

Alpha Zhang

On the train to Avenue du Roi Albert, I knew that this would be the last time I would see her. Feeling time slip over my fingertips like waterflow, I decided I would savor the experience as fully as I

June 27, 2025 | Fiction

Pound-town, U.S.A.

Arielle Gordon

You’ll know you’re entering pound-town, U.S.A. if you start to lie a lot

June 27, 2025 | Fiction

Pound-town, U.S.A.

Arielle Gordon

You’ll know you’re entering pound-town, U.S.A. if you start to lie a lot

June 20, 2025 | Fiction

A Few Words about My Son

David Samuel Levinson

Because isn’t that the true nature of love, protecting each other from our wickedest parts?

June 20, 2025 | Fiction

A Few Words about My Son

David Samuel Levinson

Because isn’t that the true nature of love, protecting each other from our wickedest parts?

June 17, 2025 | Fiction

What Is the Moon Called?

Michael Robert Liska

The moon men decided to come to Earth because they didn’t like the way the Earth people were always staring at them. Whenever they looked up at that enormous blue orb through their telescope, the

June 17, 2025 | Fiction

What Is the Moon Called?

Michael Robert Liska

The moon men decided to come to Earth because they didn’t like the way the Earth people were always staring at them. Whenever they looked up at that enormous blue orb through their telescope, the

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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."

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