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The Commuter

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I Store My Demons Next to the Pickled Beets

"Ball Jar Demon," flash fiction by Kyle Winkler

Jun 10 - Kyle Winkler
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A Serial Killer Walks Into a Bookstore

“The Last Reader” from STORYKNIFE by Jess Row

Jun 3 - Jess Row
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A Side of Metamorphosis With Your Coffee, Hon?

"The Flamingo Café" by Laurie Lathem, winner of the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize

May 20 - Laurie Lathem
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A Side of Metamorphosis With Your Coffee, Hon?

May 20 - Laurie Lathem

I Store My Demons Next to the Pickled Beets

Jun 10 - Kyle Winkler

Coming Out in the Home of the Brave

Oct 21 - Patrick Ryan

Grandma Craves More Than Fast Food

Dec 27 - K-Ming Chang
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True Love With Three Olives and a Twist

“The Martini Fairy,” flash fiction by Peter M. Kazon

Apr 29 - Peter M. Kazon
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Hairballs Are My Love Language

"A Hairy Style" and "Stem of Thorns," flash fiction by Maya Miller

Apr 15 - Maya Miller
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Nothing Says Closure Like Being Robbed

“The Person Who Lives Here Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” flash fiction by Ben Daggers

Apr 8 - Ben Daggers
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My Skeleton Thinks It’s Better Off Alone

“Debone,” flash fiction by Caitlin Campbell

Apr 1 - Caitlin Campbell
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Ask Your Doctor If Drinking Me Is Right for You

“Spinal Tap,” flash fiction by Angela Liu

Mar 18 - Angela Liu
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How to Bury Your Shape-Shifting Mother

“The Old Higue's Son,” flash fiction by Renesha Dhanraj

Feb 18 - Renesha Dhanraj
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My Lust Will Melt All the Snow in Antarctica

“Steam,” flash fiction by Jean-Luke Swanepoel

Feb 4 - Jean-Luke Swanepoel
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A Genius Can Always Get Their Hands on a Violin

“Prodigies,” flash fiction by Drue Denmon

Jan 21 - Drue Denmon
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He’d Rather Fight a Dragon Than His Wife

“Tom vs. Dragon,” flash fiction by Lyndsay Hall

Jan 7 - Lyndsay Hall
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