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The Commuter

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How to Bury Your Shape-Shifting Mother

“The Old Higue's Son,” flash fiction by Renesha Dhanraj

Feb 18 - Renesha Dhanraj
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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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Your Only Job Is to Ignore That Phone

Mar 22 - Hannah Gersen

Waiting on the Floor for God

May 14 - Rachel Engelman

Gator Butchering For Beginners

Jun 4 - Kristen Arnett

The Ugliest Babies in the World

Oct 26 - Vanessa Chan
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Redfin, Show Me a Renovated Version of Myself

"In Grover Cleveland's Childhood Home," flash fiction by Sari Fordham

Aug 21 - Sari Fordham
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My Mugger Chose the Most Interesting Knife!

“So Much to Know,” flash fiction by Karen Heuler

Aug 7 - Karen Heuler
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Please Delete All Memories Where I’m Not a Boy

“Show Me,” flash fiction by Susan Perabo

Jul 17 - Susan Perabo
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The Night the World Melted Away

“When Fire Owns the Air,” flash fiction by Tochukwu Okafor

Jul 3 - Tochukwu Okafor
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David Foster Wallace Rides the Amtrak 79 Carolinian

Flash fiction by Rebecca Saltzman

Jun 26 - Rebecca Saltzman
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He’s a Scammer But Our Love Is Worth It

"The Eclipse," a short story by Felipe Franco Munhoz, translated by James Young

Jun 12 - Felipe Franco Munhoz
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My Superstitions Are Your Inheritance

“What I Could Have Given” by Esther Hayes, winner of the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize

May 29 - Esther Hayes
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Revenge of the Mall Escalators

“Escalator Mechanic,” flash fiction by Kit Schluter

May 15 - Kit Schluter
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How Clara Schumann Got Her Groove Back

“River, Love,” flash fiction by CB Anderson

May 8 - CB Anderson
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