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Moonshadow, by Barbara Long
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  • Feb 14
  • 5 min

Moonshadow, by Barbara Long

Melba held the moon in her hand, caressing it gently, opening and closing her palm around the silvery sheen. It often slipped in through...
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If I Could, by Kimberly Barbour
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  • Feb 9
  • 1 min

If I Could, by Kimberly Barbour

If she could write you a letter, she would say that she tried. She’d apologize for lying, but it’s all she knew. Lies, and want, and him....
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How She Loved Him, by Tiffany Grimm
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  • Feb 2
  • 3 min

How She Loved Him, by Tiffany Grimm

With a startled gasp, Enora shot up in bed, her small hand flying to her bosom. Her ragged breathing filled the room until Enora felt her...
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At the Overwhelmed Hospital, by John Garmon
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  • Jan 26
  • 2 min

At the Overwhelmed Hospital, by John Garmon

We couldn’t get in To visit you. You were in the place Where it’s serious. We waited outside of The inside window, Hoping to get a chance...
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On the Road to Fayetteville, by Tom Wade
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  • Jan 19
  • 10 min

On the Road to Fayetteville, by Tom Wade

In early 1972, I stayed for a short while with my parents in Kansas City after spending the previous year and a half as a volunteer poverty
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Foundation, by Jesse Tamayo
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  • Jan 12
  • 7 min

Foundation, by Jesse Tamayo

They sat on opposite ends of the room. Jorge against the grate covered radiator, which happened to be off for once, and Cherry on her...
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Ten Biographies, by Christa King
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  • Jan 5
  • 3 min

Ten Biographies, by Christa King

-1- She is the oldest of seven children and the mother of one. She and her next sister were born in Pratt, Kansas. Her family moved to...
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Things They Don’t Teach You, by Laura Gaddis
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  • Dec 10, 2021
  • 4 min

Things They Don’t Teach You, by Laura Gaddis

The following are things I didn’t learn during my birthing class: How you should maybe consider taking the birthing class well before...
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Love on a Reptile Planet, by Dawn Lowe
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  • Dec 1, 2021
  • 3 min

Love on a Reptile Planet, by Dawn Lowe

I didn’t mind being a mail-order bride. Even when I had to travel six years to meet Larry. Mr. Elon Musk himself put us in cold storage...
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Self-Away, by Nathan Holic
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  • Nov 17, 2021
  • 0 min

Self-Away, by Nathan Holic

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sunflowers, by McKenna Themm
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  • Nov 14, 2021
  • 1 min

sunflowers, by McKenna Themm

I’ve learned to resonate with the small and empty space between the brush strokes that comprise the wilting leaves shadowed beneath...
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Footnotes on the Poet, by Mary Grimm
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  • Nov 3, 2021
  • 5 min

Footnotes on the Poet, by Mary Grimm

The poet left many papers, and his cousin, who appointed himself his literary executor, separated them into plastic boxes bought at a...
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Lake Leavings, by Brinson Leigh Kresge
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  • Oct 27, 2021
  • 3 min

Lake Leavings, by Brinson Leigh Kresge

I. A three-year-old’s preamble: Let’s talk about ants. Ants can walk. Ants don’t have feet. Ants have feet...
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Loyalty, by Judith Weckman
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  • Oct 20, 2021
  • 7 min

Loyalty, by Judith Weckman

Maranda is twenty-five years old, has purple hair, a nose ring, and big blue glasses. She’s a trained opera singer, having graduated from...
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Home is Here, by Mary Luna Robledo
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  • Oct 13, 2021
  • 1 min

Home is Here, by Mary Luna Robledo

The magnolia raises her petals, Embraced by the Carolina sun. Skins soaks in its rays, darkens by the afternoon Like honey tempting the...
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The Swing, by Jessamyn Violet
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  • Oct 6, 2021
  • 3 min

The Swing, by Jessamyn Violet

Willow Park was empty when she arrived. The thin strip of orange sunlight was melting at the bottom of deep blue. She stepped over an...
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When You’re Old (IV), by Robert L. Penick
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  • Sep 22, 2021
  • 1 min

When You’re Old (IV), by Robert L. Penick

This world has outgrown us outpaced and outlasted us left us in the rear view mirror waved goodbye with a middle finger advised us our...
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Liminal Spaces, by Gwendolin McCrea
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  • Sep 13, 2021
  • 5 min

Liminal Spaces, by Gwendolin McCrea

The summer that I was seventeen, I worked for my uncle and aunt at their rustic cabin resort in northern Minnesota. They gave me my own...
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In Kitchens We Trust, by Sarah Munn
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  • Sep 8, 2021
  • 6 min

In Kitchens We Trust, by Sarah Munn

Phone calls to the kitchen during service were a nuisance, so I was gruff when I answered. I regret that now. “Kitchen. Chef.” “Raych,...
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Leave a Message, by Thanh Dinh
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  • Sep 1, 2021
  • 2 min

Leave a Message, by Thanh Dinh

When you say it like that, you make it so believable, I say. I can still remember the scenery. The sky is blue, the sunlight passes...
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