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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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