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Ms. M - Kayla Branstetter
“Just remember, you’re not alone,” Ms. M said as she cradled the eighteen-year-old college freshman girl, looking past the watery wells...
Aug 24, 202211 min read


Cigarette Smoke. - Phoebe Robertson
When cigarette smoke enters your mouth the lining in your nose and esophagus will almost immediately become red and irritated. This is...
Aug 12, 20228 min read


1st Place Short Story Contest: Finding You - Emma Zimmerman
Helping Survivors is an online-only organization working remotely providing resources for individuals who have experienced sexual assault...
Aug 11, 202213 min read


About Saying No - Corinne O’Shaughnessy
I turn 60 and think, Shit, if I want learn Spanish someday, I better get crackin’. So I move to Oaxaca and enroll in language school, but...
Aug 9, 20224 min read


Is Putin Still the Only Choice? - Judy Richardson
I remember when, on November 18 of 1956, Kruschev declared, “We will bury you!”. (What he actually said was, "My vas pokhoronim,” which...
Aug 6, 20228 min read


Short-Lived Love - Constantina Safiliou Rothschild
I didn’t care how badly he spoke Greek. John was strikingly handsome. Beautiful dark brown eyes, a well-proportionated body, and dashing...
Aug 3, 202210 min read


The Kind of Morning Where - Dartinia Hull
It’s been the kind of morning where: You know you mopped the kitchen floor last night but it’s sticky this morning, so you mop again. You...
Jul 28, 20222 min read


Leaning into Spring - Jessica Shepherd
Here in south-central Alaska, winter seemed to drag on and on. Deep cold hung with us into March, snow fell almost daily from December...
Jul 19, 20227 min read


Smoking - Corinne Patrice de Palma
When I awoke that day, I remember the faint sound of the cuckoo clock downstairs. Cuckoo. Cuckoo. Doing. Doing. Cuckoo. My mother...
Jul 16, 20225 min read


MAHALO - Linda S. Gunther
When my husband Bob surprised me with a near end of pandemic get-away to Honolulu I was beyond thankful. “Yes, I’m in!” I blurted with...
Jul 7, 20225 min read


Jess D. Taylor - Somehow Still Mystical
At almost 22 years old, I wasn't used to guys who were invested in my orgasms and never tried to get away without using a condom. My love...
Jul 1, 20224 min read


Chameleon - Lily Walker
1 We drove from Harlem to Vermont in silence. My sister Jodie sat next to me in the backseat, reading when the sun was out and sleeping...
Jun 16, 202211 min read
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