DRIVER’S ED - Madeleine Belden
It happened on the same day that I got my driver’s license. It was after dinner (Claire, my mom, made her usual vile eggplant and kale...
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- Apr 19, 2022
- 12 min
Hair dye and Color Theory - Madeline Vickers
Libbie walked slowly into the house from her car. It wasn’t familiar to her. Her parents bought it two years ago. She thought it was her...
- Apr 5, 2022
- 10 min
The Game of Pretend - Rachel Nielsen
Every summer, the old station wagon turns down the dirt path to the saggy wooden gate and we settle in to the cabin for a few weeks. The...
- Apr 3, 2022
- 10 min
Letdown - Jeni Anderson
Should I have written Busy? Occupied didn’t feel right. Please Knock? Stay the hell out was my first impulse, but acting on impulse...
- Apr 1, 2022
- 6 min
Iris - Marie Fayssoux
I was a sophomore in high school when she started forgetting what day of the week it was and where she put her glasses. I didn’t care –...
- Feb 16, 2022
- 13 min
Black Ice - Quincy de Vries
I never could keep plants alive. I water them, change their position in the room for better sun and watch countless tutorials for...
- Feb 14, 2022
- 5 min
My Busy Year - Lindsay Hein
I made sure I kept myself busy that year. There was plenty of work to be had in those days, especially for a nanny like me. I was working...
- Jan 28, 2022
- 10 min
THE CITY OF MERCY - Malaika Favorite
The population of Mercy was moderate with very few children. You could say that they were all children no matter how old they were, they...
- Jan 27, 2022
- 10 min
Four Years of Insomnia by Izzy Teitelbaum
I tap the pack of American Spirits on my palm, pretty sure I hadn’t smoked them all. My body has been on autopilot since I was yanked...
- Jan 27, 2022
- 7 min
Rita Mae - Elizabeth Conte
I was used to men leaving. When Danaris closed the door behind him, I didn’t cry out, “Please don’t go!” No. No one can stop a man from...
- Jan 24, 2022
- 6 min
A Bar Mitzvah Divided - Ross Rosenfeld
It was perhaps the worst idea ever for a bar mitzvah theme. One can understand where it came from, of course. Henry – the boy – or man of...
- Dec 27, 2021
- 5 min
La Receta Del Mole - Clara X. Roque-Wagner
...y me siguen y me siguen las espadas del invierno. A long time ago, I was afraid of death. From the first moment that I could think, I...
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