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Your Mouth Gets Well

Lane Stanley Michael Content Warning: This story discusses the following sensitive topics: substance abuse and early recovery.   We walk every morning at sunrise—not all of us, but enough to know...

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Nuala McEvoy

“Old Fishmarket Street”Acrylics and acrylic pens on canvas “View From the Attic”Skylight Acrylics and acrylic pens on canvas “Leaving the Giant Chicken Spaceship in the...

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protostar

jael jean I was inside of my mind the other day. Saw my late father smack Sawyer upside the head. Saw my older brother retreat further behind his ribcage. There were times that he bared it—cleaved...

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Dios le pague

Anna María del Pilar Suben Corto, calvo, tuco. En San Salvador era mecánico; trabajaba en tornos. Eso decía su cédula de los 70s. No sabe su nombre. Dice que lo olvida.1 I read him his name from...

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Unsolicited Malady

Danielle Bradley Patricia was waiting to hear if her kidney stone was large enough to be surgically removed. It was the first thing, the kidney stone being too big to safely pass through her urethra,...

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Hulk Princess Birthday Party

Sharon S.Y. Lee The birthday party has reached its frenzied apex and hurtles towards the cake cutting finale, but Sarah wishes that she could rewind time—before she set the party budget, before she...

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The Venus of Oklahoma City

Leah Mullen Our grandmothers used to speak to the Old Goddesses—those like dimpled dough, eyeless and petrified. But our grandmothers had had options. And our goddess had had enough of voluptuous...

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Ozark Geography

Megan Blankenship This is the kind of place I grew up: as a child I thought it was a law that names of towns contain “rock”  or “mountain.” I knew four towns, and Little Rock was culture. ...

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Fire Season

AnnElise Hatjakes Every summer, Reno, Nevada and the High Eastern Sierra foothills it’s nestled within are a tinderbox. The fires are measured by the number of structures they threaten and acres...

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Sjafril

Harakiri Digital painting on Photoshop Sjafril is an Indonesian visual artist and writer whose work explores themes of spirituality, social critique, and surrealism. His creations delve into the...

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