Stories

Picture 54

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Named a Finalist for the 2022 Summer Short Fiction Prize Content Warning: Racism, Death, Suicide, OCD, and Self Harm ALEKS WAS A BURDENED MAN OF TWENTY-EIGHT WHO GUARANTEED THE DEATHS…

Earthbound

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Named a Finalist for the 2022 Summer Short Fiction Prize TEDDY SENT A LEGO MAN INTO SPACE. He sent a pirate into the stars. The macabre, execution style method was…

ShantyLand

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Named a Finalist for the 2022 Summer Short Fiction Prize TODAY WE HAVE A VISITING CLASS OF THIRD GRADERS FROM SIMPLE MINDS MONTESSORI ACADEMY. As their Educational Liaison, I lead…

Beep Beep

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Named a Finalist for the 2022 Summer Short Fiction Prize THE COFFEE MAKER. The microwave. The notification that yet another person, someone you haven’t spoken to in over two years,…

An Inkling

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A stranger in her own home, in her own marriage, the Mother must confront the cause of this estrangement, her husband, to protect her only true family, her son. In…

The Orgasm

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HERE HE IS. ANOTHER WEDDING. It’s a nice day for one too. The grass is green. A cool breeze blows. The sun is shining on the church’s stained-glass windows. The…