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The Commuter

Prose

My Lust Will Melt All the Snow in Antarctica

“Steam,” flash fiction by Jean-Luke Swanepoel

Feb 4 - Jean-Luke Swanepoel
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A Genius Can Always Get Their Hands on a Violin

“Prodigies,” flash fiction by Drue Denmon

Jan 21 - Drue Denmon
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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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He’d Rather Fight a Dragon Than His Wife

Jan 7 - Lyndsay Hall

My Lust Will Melt All the Snow in Antarctica

Feb 4 - Jean-Luke Swanepoel

A Love That Goes Bone Deep

Oct 31 - Zebbie Watson

A Genius Can Always Get Their Hands on a Violin

Jan 21 - Drue Denmon
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I Am Multiplying to Cope With Life’s Duplicity

“This Week,” flash fiction by Jackie Jennings

Jul 16 - Jackie Jennings
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This Coworking Space Runs on Sisterhood and Toxic Conformity

“The Parlor,” a fiction debut by Emma Weisberg

Jul 2 - Emma Weisberg
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A Comparison of Canine and Human Existential Dread

“Dog Anxiety Series,” flash fiction by Weike Wang

Jun 25 - Weike Wang
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Turns Out I’m an Entire Person!

“The Beginning of the End,” flash fiction by Devan Murphy

Jun 18 - Devan Murphy
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The Wordle Bot Thinks I’m Hot

“My Phone Is the Supermoon,” flash fiction by Nathan Alling Long

Jun 4 - Nathan Alling Long
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A Home Health Aide With Feathers

"Kestrel" by J. Condra Smith, winner of the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize

May 28 - J. Condra Smith
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The Day the Universe Looked Up My Dress

“BAM,” flash fiction by Judyth Emanuel

May 7 - Judyth Emanuel
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How to Love a Widower

Flash creative nonfiction by Melanie Faranello

Apr 23 - Melanie Faranello
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Waiting to Blossom In a Family of Golden Children

“Late Bloomer,” flash fiction by Valentine Sargent

Apr 9 - Valentine Sargent
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