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I’m Broke But I Swear I’m Grateful
“Please Accept This Token of Thanks” by Christine Vines, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
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This Clown Convention Is Our Family’s Only Coping Mechanism
“Paradeability” from ENCOUNTERS WITH UNEXPECTED ANIMALS by Bret Anthony Johnston, recommended by Téa Obreht
Feb 23 - Bret Anthony Johnston
RR Issue No. 718
My Wife Pays Me and I Pay the Nanny
“Feeders” from HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD by Oliver Munday, recommended by Andrew Ridker
Feb 16 - Oliver Munday
RR Issue No. 717
Writing in Notebooks Is My New Personality
“Notebooks” by Imogen Clarke, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
Feb 9 - Imogen Clarke
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ISSUE No. 413
My Sensible Work Pants Have Chosen Violence
“Free the Fupa,” a graphic narrative by Amanda Awanjo
Mar 4 - Amanda Awanjo
All’s Fair in Love and Optimus Prime
Two poems by Rosebud Ben-Oni
Feb 25 - Rosebud Ben-Oni
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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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Nothing Is Wrong and That’s Terrifying
Two poems by Evan Wang
Feb 11 - Evan Wang
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Mar 4 - Amanda Awanjo
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Feb 1 - Viet Thanh Nguyen
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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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At Least My Best Friend Stabbed Me in the Front
“Slut Lullabies” by Gina Frangello, recommended by Steve Almond
Jan 12 - Gina Frangello
RR Issue No. 712
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
RR Issue No. 711
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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