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This Cocky Stranger Is Offering to Kill for Me
An excerpt from WHIDBEY by T Kira Māhealani Madden, recommended by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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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
Mar 2 - Christine Vines
RR Issue No. 719
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
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Human Dignity Is Contraband in This Camp
Three poems by Troy Osaki
Mar 11 - Troy Osaki
My Sensible Work Pants Have Chosen Violence
“Free the Fupa,” a graphic narrative by Amanda Awanjo
Mar 4 - Amanda Awanjo
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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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Nov 12 - R.L. Maizes the Elder
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Ecstasy Is Temporary but Being Fabulous Is Forever
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I’m Sorry, You’ve Reached the Wrong Messiah
“Paul's Tomb,” flash fiction by Will VanDenBerg
Nov 5 - Will VanDenBerg
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His Sex Addiction Is Proof of Free Will
“Love of Fate” by Rafael Frumkin, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
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RR Issue No. 702
Oral Sex Is the Only Honest Prayer
Two poems by Andrea Jurjević
Oct 29 - Andrea Jurjević
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The Version of the Story the Adults Won’t Tell Her
“The Request” from THE UNREPENTANT by Sharmini Aphrodite, recommended by Preeta Samarasan
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