Category Archives: Fiction
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We Have Vultures Now
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by Dakota Canon The soldiers think they own us. Their guns give them authority and arrogance. Last night they …
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Freedom
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by Andrea Marcusa When the deep freeze thawed, the woman, who’d been imprisoned for months in that dank basement, …
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Notes on the Fiction selections
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I am not a big fan of winter, to be completely honest. The days are short and cold and dark, …
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Enfold
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by Tara Isabel Zambrano After his death, my husband lives in the walls and fixtures of our home. They …
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He Died We Left Him Til Morning
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by Christopher Gaumer We laid him down, forty pounds of beagle. We took shovels; the earth opened easy, like …
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Notes on the nominations
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Bear with me; I’m new here. I should always lead with this, perhaps with a please in front. After all, …
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In the dark, everything looks like nothing
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by Francine Witte 1. At some point, my parents were young and happy. I have the photo to prove …
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Loose Change
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by Dakota Canon Elisa shuffled down the block, turning up her collar to the bitter wind. Outside her favorite …
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Mosaic
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by Fred D. White Roland’s world-wide assortment finally arrived, and he wasted no time unsealing the large plastic bag …
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Buckets
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by Patricia Q. Bidar Randy and Taiko are standing at the chimp habitat. Taiko doesn’t recall the sight of …
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