ISSUE No. 528
My Ex Cheated, But I Outlived Him
"Phillip is Dead" from Self-Portrait with Ghost by Meng Jin, recommended by Rachel Khong
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Mom Has Her Boyfriend, I Have Her Cigarettes
"Smokes Last" from Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty, recommended by Isaac Fitzgerald
Jun 22 - Morgan Talty
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In Our Town, There Are No Strangers
An excerpt of Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin, recommended by Ali Benjamin
Jun 15 - Alexis Schaitkin
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No Depth Can Bury the Family Guilt
"The Mine" by Nathan Harris, recommended by Electric Literature
Jun 8 - Nathan Harris
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A Hoagie by Any Other Name Makes Me Just as Hungry
"Tonya," a short story by Bowie Rowan
Jun 20 - Bowie Rowan
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I May Not Be Flaming But I Know Heat
"Duplexes for whatever is the antonym of coming out," poetry by Heejae Cho
Jun 13 - Heejae Cho
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Love Is Not a Permanent Structure
"Make Yourself into a House" by Grace Shuyi Liew, winner of the 2022 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
Jun 6 - Grace Shuyi Liew
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My Ex Cheated, But I Outlived Him
Jun 29 - Meng Jin
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Mom Has Her Boyfriend, I Have Her Cigarettes
Jun 22 - Morgan Talty
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Your Only Job Is to Ignore That Phone
Mar 22 - Hannah Gersen
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Eight Tiny Stories, Translated From the Emoji
Nov 27 - James Hannaham and John W. Bateman
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Dumped at Brunch and Too Jaded to Care
An excerpt from Nevada by Imogen Binnie, recommended by Jackson Howard
Jun 1 - Imogen Binnie
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Sasquatch at the End of the World
"Bigfoot Loses Heart" and "A Meditation," two poems by Mary Crockett Hill
May 30 - Mary Crockett Hill
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My Cartoon Turtles Say What I Feel
"Laramie Time" by Lydia Conklin, recommended by Alissa Nutting
May 25 - Lydia Conklin
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Is My Husband Having an Affair With Me?
"The Complex," flash fiction by Scott Limbrick
May 23 - Scott Limbrick
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Adopt a Cat for the Global Collapse
"It Is What It Is" by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, recommended by Electric Literature
May 18 - Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
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Where’s Waldo of Eternal Damnation
"The Butt Song from Hell," musings on Bosch by Marci Rae Johnson
May 16 - Marci Rae Johnson
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