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The Commuter

Prose

I Store My Demons Next to the Pickled Beets

"Ball Jar Demon," flash fiction by Kyle Winkler

Jun 10 - Kyle Winkler
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A Serial Killer Walks Into a Bookstore

“The Last Reader” from STORYKNIFE by Jess Row

Jun 3 - Jess Row
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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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A Side of Metamorphosis With Your Coffee, Hon?

May 20 - Laurie Lathem

I Store My Demons Next to the Pickled Beets

Jun 10 - Kyle Winkler

Coming Out in the Home of the Brave

Oct 21 - Patrick Ryan

Grandma Craves More Than Fast Food

Dec 27 - K-Ming Chang
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My Horny Extra Hand Needs Boundaries

“Prayers to the God of Progress,” flash fiction by Andrew Graham Martin

Dec 17 - Andrew Graham Martin
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A Severed Finger Is Rarely a Good Sign

“Fissures,” flash fiction by Ariel Katz

Dec 3 - Ariel Katz
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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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She Stole My Heart and My Favorite Toe

“Darling, Darling,” flash fiction by Riddhi Dastidar

Oct 22 - Riddhi Dastidar
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The Humanities Building Has Lost Its Humanity

Two prose poems by Jake Levine

Oct 1 - Jake Levine
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The NY Times Connections Destroyed Society and We’re Fine With It

Flash fiction by Pardis Parker

Sep 24 - Pardis Parker
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My Husband’s Dream Woman Will Outlive Me

“3D-Printing the World and Other Dreams,” flash fiction by Nadia Born

Sep 17 - Nadia Born
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Friendship Is Temporary but Skin Suits Are Forever

“Spareskin,” flash fiction by Tehnuka

Sep 3 - Tehnuka
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This Guilt Is 100% Renewable

“The Endstate of History,” flash fiction by Bernie Jean Schiebeling

Aug 13 - Bernie Jean Schiebeling
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