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The Commuter

Fiction

Death Is Her Next Big Commission

"The Costume Maker," a short story by Debbie Vance

May 3 - Debbie Vance
Fiction mannequins in white

My Close Attention Is My Boyfriend’s Undoing

"Unraveling," a short story by Karen Heuler

Apr 19 - Karen Heuler
Fiction roses and thread

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Genderless Mollusk

"Black Arion," a short story by Charlie J. Stephens

Apr 5 - Charlie J. Stephens
Fiction reflective snail
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Death Is Her Next Big Commission

May 3 - Debbie Vance

Keep Your Entrails out of My Baby Shower

Mar 8 - Kate Francia

Gator Butchering For Beginners

Jun 4 - Kristen Arnett

God is a Twelve-Year-Old Girl

May 20 - Jackie Thomas-Kennedy
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Each Day Is the Same Backward and Forward

"Day Eighty-four," a story by Aimee Bender

Nov 2 - Aimee Bender
Fiction plastic pieces on the floor

The Ugliest Babies in the World

A short story by Vanessa Chan

Oct 26 - Vanessa Chan
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When the Past Hangs Around Your Neck

"Fate," a story by Clara Obligado, translated by Rachel Ballenger

Oct 12 - Clara Obligado
Fiction three shells

Everything Is Filthy and I Am All Chores

"A Clean Story" by Sandra Sylvia Nelson

Sep 14 - Sandra Sylvia Nelson
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What Will It Take to Hold Back the Sky?

"The Pile," a story by Karen E. Bender

Sep 7 - Karen E Bender
Fiction pile of trash on beach

Grandma’s Bones Live In My Mouth Now

"Teeth," a short story by Debbie Vance

Aug 24 - Debbie Vance
Fiction a dental model of teeth

The Light that Shoots Out of My Sister’s Eyeball

"Beam," a short story by Ao Omae, translated by Emily Balistrieri

Aug 10 - Ao Omae
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The Mortal Perils of Being an Instagram Influencer

"The Blue Room" by Lena Valencia

Jul 20 - Lena Valencia
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Everybody Ejaculates

"Climactic Literature," a literary supercut by Tom Comitta

Jun 29 - Tom Comitta
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