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The Commuter

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The Gaping Asshole in My Parents’ Front Yard

"Julia's Anus," flash fiction by Amy X Wang

Sep 30 - Amy X Wang
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Sometimes Grief Comes With Nude Polaroids

An excerpt from BASTARDS by Nate Lippens

Sep 23 - Nate Lippens
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My Dead Husband Still Wants the Last Word

"The Bone Hermit," flash fiction by Lyndsey Croal

Sep 16 - Lyndsey Croal
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Watching You Through Windows, Hearing You Through Walls

Sep 9 - Douglas Silver

The Last Day of the End of the World

May 18 - Odie Lindsey

A Taxonomy of Gay Animals

Apr 3 - Christopher Hyun

Please Delete All Memories Where I’m Not a Boy

Jul 17 - Susan Perabo
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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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And You Thought the SAT Was Bad

“Oceania,” flash fiction by Alex Burchfield

Apr 24 - Alex Burchfield
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Broken Men On the Outskirts of Town

“Trebuchet,” flash fiction by Avitus B. Carle

Apr 10 - Avitus B. Carle
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