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The Childhood Friend I Abandoned Is Trying to Save Me
“That Unfamiliar Night” from WITH THE HEART OF A GHOST by Lim Sunwoo, translated and recommended by Chi-Young Kim
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A Friendship Spanning Bombay Prep Schools and Connecticut Strip Malls
An excerpt from EVERY HAPPINESS by Reena Shah, recommended by Sindya Bhanoo
Jan 26 - Reena Shah
RR Issue No. 714
Do Not Think About Death or Blowjobs
“Sixteen Hours in Iceland” by Laurie Marhoefer, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Jan 19 - Laurie Marhoefer
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At Least My Best Friend Stabbed Me in the Front
“Slut Lullabies” by Gina Frangello, recommended by Steve Almond
Jan 12 - Gina Frangello
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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
Trauma Bonding at the Five-Year Reunion
Two poems by Sarah Chin
Jan 28 - Sarah Chin
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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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We Are Silent Skin Waiting to Sing
Two poems by Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
Jan 14 - Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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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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There Is No Privacy on Open Water
“Albatross” from AS IF BY MAGIC by Edgard Telles Ribeiro, translated and recommended by Margaret A. Neves
Jan 5 - Edgard Telles Ribeiro
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My Nervous Breakdown Will Absolutely Be Televised
“Monsters” from I COULD BE FAMOUS by Sydney Rende, recommended by Jonathan Dee
Dec 29 - Sydney Rende
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Her Husband’s Principles Are Ruining Christmas
“Another Christmas” from THE COLLECTED STORIES by William Trevor, recommended by Marisa Silver
Dec 22 - William Trevor
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My Horny Extra Hand Needs Boundaries
“Prayers to the God of Progress,” flash fiction by Andrew Graham Martin
Dec 17 - Andrew Graham Martin
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Eye Fucking Men Across New York City
“Shapeshifter” by Maggie Love, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
Dec 15 - Maggie Love
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