ISSUE No. 747
This Anonymous Caller Is Not a Metaphor for Her Despair
“Going Up” from OUT OF BODY by Chris Vanjonack, recommended by Weston Morrow
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The Barn Manager’s Grief Is Hotter Than Foreplay
An excerpt from THE LONELY GIRL'S VEGETABLE PATCH by Genevieve Plunkett, recommended by Kimberly King Parsons
Sep 7 - Genevieve Plunkett
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His Daughter’s Poetry Is His Midlife Crisis
“Phillip Whitney” by Anna Reeser, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
Aug 31 - Anna Reeser
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Wealth Can’t Absolve the Families of the Disappeared
“Already Gone” from THOSE WHO VANISH by Patricia Grace King, recommended by Ben Davies Crisp
Aug 24 - Patricia Grace King
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My Dead Husband Still Wants the Last Word
"The Bone Hermit," flash fiction by Lyndsey Croal
Sep 16 - Lyndsey Croal
When It Gets Hot the Block Gets Loud
Two poems by Birch Wiley
Sep 9 - Birch Wiley
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A Frozen Bird Too Beautiful to Bury
Three prose poems by Mike Bove
Sep 2 - Mike Bove
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Every Parent Needs a Tub of Their Own
“Cabin for Four in High Sierra” flash fiction by Jae Towle Vieira, from THIRTY CABINS
Aug 26 - Jae Towle Vieira
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Two poems by Timi Sanni
May 27 - Timi Sanni
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The Girl We Locked in the Trunk Is Very High Maintenance
“Driving Through Pennsylvania” by Mack Gelber, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
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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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You Should Know I Found a Dead Body
An excerpt from ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, recommended by Kimberly Campanello
May 18 - Aea Varfis-van Warmelo
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Now Welcoming All Bees Onboard the Flight
Two poems by Russell Brakefield
May 13 - Russell Brakefield
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His Girlfriend’s Love Is as Poisonous as a Mushroom
“Wild Food” from THE GOOD EYE by Jess Gibson, recommended by Molly McGhee
May 11 - Jess Gibson
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