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The Commuter

Fiction

It’s More Dangerous to Stand Still

"Mom on the Beach," flash fiction by Jimmy Kindree

Jan 2 - Jimmy Kindree
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Don’t Trust a Guy Who Promises You the Moon

"Shadow on the Moon," flash fiction by Brenna Hosman

Nov 28 - Brenna Hosman
Fiction

Pharrell Would Be Happier with a Securely Bolted Roof

"The Roof Is Not on Fire," flash fiction by Thomas Rowley

Nov 7 - Thomas Rowley
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Love Is Not a Permanent Structure

Jun 6 - Grace Shuyi Liew

Gator Butchering For Beginners

Jun 4 - Kristen Arnett

A 5-Star Blender Review That Affirms Love Is Real

Aug 5 - Emily Everett

The Ugliest Babies in the World

Oct 26 - Vanessa Chan
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A Love That Goes Bone Deep

"The Bone Friend," flash fiction by Zebbie Watson

Oct 31 - Zebbie Watson
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I’d Like to Report Myself Not Missing

Excerpts from "After the Rapture," a novella by Nancy Stohlman

Oct 17 - Nancy Stohlman
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On the Eighth Day God Attended a Writing Workshop

"God Joins a Writing Workshop and the Old Testament Critique Doesn't Go Well," flash fiction by RL Maizes

Sep 19 - RL Maizes
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Kafka Has Nothing on the New York Unemployment Office

"Initial Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment," a short story by Nicole Miller

Aug 22 - Nicole Miller
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The Existential Crisis of a Merciless Siren

"Murder Mermaids Make Mistakes," flash fiction by Sandra Schmuhl Long

Jul 18 - Sandra Schmuhl Long
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School’s Out and the War Is On

"Hole in the Wall," a prose debut by An Pham

Jul 11 - An Pham
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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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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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Is My Husband Having an Affair With Me?

"The Complex," flash fiction by Scott Limbrick

May 23 - Scott Limbrick
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