Fiction
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Eyes
Vito Racanelli
Dougie sells loose joints. $10 a piece. No bags. This way he can hide most of his stash behind a brick in Furman’s Alley
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Red Rooster
Victoria Redel
Any idiot could have told him it wouldn’t work. Pretty much every idiot did. Starting with his own idiot ex-wife, Carine
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The Way It Began
Victoria Redel
They went, not in the day, but then in the dark with no shoes on their feet, the road pokey with broke-up shell.And the boy to the girl, Let’s be quick
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Three Fictions
Matthew Salesses
I went out with the boys to celebrate saving my worthless job. The boys were in a rare state, waving arms even with drinks, sloshing on each other with gusto
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fictionThe Model Short Story
On "The Death of a Government Clerk" by Anton Chekhov
Deb Olin Unferth
“Death of a Government Clerk” is one of Chekhov’s first published stories. I love it for its comic nonchalance, playful absurdity, brevity...
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Elephant
Elissa Schappell
Paige sat on the edge of the sandbox waiting for Charlotte to show up. She was surprised at how much she’d missed talking to her
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Ancient Greek
Dan Simon
Erica isn’t gifted in languages. Once long ago, she signed up for a German class and lasted exactly three days.
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Au Revoir, Ma Vie
Floyd Skloot
Jacques Goldman didn’t mind forgetting. There was plenty he was ready to forget. For starters, Goldman wouldn’t have objected to losing...
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Mexican Honeymoon
Terese Svoboda
Edgy dogs tap their toenails beneath the staircase in the courtyard. He flaps his napkin at one, Caffay o-lay!, ordering in sight of the half-ruined...
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fictionThe Model Short Story
On "The Garden Party" by Katherine Mansfield
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” is beautifully written, with a touch that one might best describe as delicate