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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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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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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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Weather Story, by Kim Horner
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  • Jul 21, 2021
  • 4 min

Weather Story, by Kim Horner

On Aug. 8, 2011, the temperature in Dallas was expected to soar above 100 for the 37th day in a row. The big question was whether we...
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Tides Rise, by Kelsey Flynn
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  • Jul 14, 2021
  • 2 min

Tides Rise, by Kelsey Flynn

Tides rise and walls fall A system built to keep muddy water from collapsing white walls Infrastructure made to keep fish in their barrel...
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Tithing, by Sean Dolan
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  • Jul 7, 2021
  • 9 min

Tithing, by Sean Dolan

I. The Collector knocks on our door in the middle of the night, beating on the cherrywood to the rhythm of an old incantation. We awake,...
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Fight Scene, by Jessica Sabo
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  • Jun 23, 2021
  • 1 min

Fight Scene, by Jessica Sabo

Baby ballerinas skipped to Tchaikovsky, fine threads of hair crowning their heads and my hair, so tightly pulled into a knot my forehead...
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Gracie's Gift, by Lindsey Morrison Grant
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  • Jun 9, 2021
  • 2 min

Gracie's Gift, by Lindsey Morrison Grant

I did not have any kinship with plants of any kind growing up. My experience was all vicarious. I was envious of my grandmother's ability...
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Collisions, by Ben Kassoy
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  • May 12, 2021
  • 3 min

Collisions, by Ben Kassoy

I spent so many days wandering the wreckage and possibility of the space between the buildings and reverberating from the shock of you,...
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Hibakujumoku, by Maxwell Suzuki
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  • Apr 28, 2021
  • 7 min

Hibakujumoku, by Maxwell Suzuki

Hibakujumoku is a Japanese term for trees that have survived the blast of an atomic bomb. The same blast that vaporized men, women, and...
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Bruised Mother, by Ashley Kirkland
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  • Apr 21, 2021
  • 1 min

Bruised Mother, by Ashley Kirkland

topless in the grey light of the master bath, accompanied by store-bought seashells and soaps, a painting of dune grass, remember how we...
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Asian American Translations, by Molly Zhu
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  • Apr 14, 2021
  • 2 min

Asian American Translations, by Molly Zhu

I only know Power from the other side of my mother’s eyes when she asks me, what does it mean, my only job is to dress the slur in...
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Lies I’ll Tell My Son, by Michael Keenan Gutierrez
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  • Feb 24, 2021
  • 4 min

Lies I’ll Tell My Son, by Michael Keenan Gutierrez

My great-grandfather was a bookie. This is true. He worked a corner in downtown Los Angeles back in the 30s and 40s, running a newspaper...
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 She Sets the Sun, by Benjamin Kling
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  • Feb 10, 2021
  • 6 min

She Sets the Sun, by Benjamin Kling

There’s a clearing by the waterfall where the trees don’t stand because they’re afraid to be alone. They huddle together like freshmen on...
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