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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.

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November 28, 2023 | Poetry

2 Poems

Nathaniel Duggan

I have come to teach you love / and the solitude that comes / with ultimate strength.