Bubble Bath - Lauren Miller
Laid flat in the dishwasher today let the soap get in my eyes broke all the plates beneath the pleats of my stomach Then I wept for six...
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Sad Girl Diaries
"Most people get butterflies in their stomachs. Mine were always more like wasps."
Excerpt from Summer Marmalade by Ariana Tucker
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- Jul 6
- 1 min
Immigration - Nadia Farjami
My mother my father the water on tap healing the glass jar of last night’s pasta sauce that I didn’t eat the little red orange lines ...
- Jul 3
- 1 min
Sitting Alone in a Coffee Shop is Embarrassing - Noah Kocher
Your tubercular soul sags, Deflates in the middle Like a ball. I wonder if You think you are ok. Your frozen hulk rests Sinks into the...
- Jun 30
- 2 min
Jane - Michele Alouf
When I was seven, my mother took me to the grand opening of the Piggly Wiggly, the first grocery store in our town with automatic sliding...
- Jun 27
- 4 min
It’s Just Hair - Emily Hendricks Jensen
It’s just hair. That’s all I can think of as I watch my blonde strands flow down the shower drain, sticking mercifully to the edges,...
- Jun 25
- 1 min
Ariana Tucker: Winner of the Spring 2023 Prose Contest
We are delighted to announce and congratulate Ariana Tucker, the writer behind the captivating short story Summer Marmalade, as the...
- Jun 24
- 5 min
Writing Prompt Yields Meditations on “Mom Jeans” - Kirsten Oerke
Three day free write: Write everyday for three days, no matter what, without judging or censoring yourself. Try to reproduce the flow of...
- Jun 21
- 1 min
about the birds - Finch Greene
time was a slow drip flock of heavy- winged things caged in my chest made every inhale weigh like thousands hands were unsteadier than...
- Jun 18
- 1 min
Nice Girls Say Please - Megan Cartwright
Unicorn and Pegasus sat down with the Queen. Unicorn’s horn went somewhere obsc – “Cream with your scones?” Nice girls say please. Knock,...
- Jun 15
- 1 min
Toujours Moi - Isaac Escobar
for Librada Diabetes, that brat, that bruja Sends my abuela to heaven in portions Skimming a little life off the top when no one is...
- Jun 12
- 2 min
after new york - Julia Sáenz Lorduy
Last time my heart was open there were two anarchists in a gazebo one was a pain dealer and I was the stranger (seasickness) I kept...
- Jun 9
- 1 min
How to Name a Saint - Laura Mulqueen
St. Catherine’s wheel, a spoked consequence of refusing the marriage proposal of emperor Maxentius, not so much a proposal as an attempt...
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