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The Commuter

Poetry, flash, graphic, or experimental narrative arriving every Wednesday morning.

My Lust Will Melt All the Snow in Antarctica

“Steam,” flash fiction by Jean-Luke Swanepoel

Feb 4 - Jean-Luke Swanepoel
Prose

Trauma Bonding at the Five-Year Reunion

Two poems by Sarah Chin

Jan 28 - Sarah Chin
poetry

A Genius Can Always Get Their Hands on a Violin

“Prodigies,” flash fiction by Drue Denmon

Jan 21 - Drue Denmon
Prose
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My Lust Will Melt All the Snow in Antarctica

Feb 4 - Jean-Luke Swanepoel

Gator Butchering For Beginners

Jun 4 - Kristen Arnett

I’m in Love with My Ex’s Absence

Jan 3 - Christopher Boucher

The Night the World Melted Away

Jul 3 - Tochukwu Okafor
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Sleeping Through It Is the Best Part

“Expensive Naps I've Taken,” a graphic narrative by Ali Solomon

Aug 27 - Ali Solomon
Graphic Narrative

Love Is Written in the Geography of My Face

Two poems by Genevieve Hudson

Aug 20 - Genevieve Hudson
poetry

This Guilt Is 100% Renewable

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

Aug 13 - Bernie Jean Schiebeling
Prose

God Is a Gator and He’s Watching Reruns

Two poems by Adele Elise Williams

Aug 6 - Adele Elise Williams
poetry

Stuck Inside a 60,000-Pound Whale of Grief

“Drone Metal,” a graphic narrative by Travis Dahlke

Jul 30 - Travis Dahlke
Graphic Narrative

The Color of the Year Is Chartreuse Shame

Two poems by Hafsa Zulfiqar

Jul 23 - Hafsa Zulfiqar
poetry

I Am Multiplying to Cope With Life’s Duplicity

“This Week,” flash fiction by Jackie Jennings

Jul 16 - Jackie Jennings
Prose

My Strengths Are Primarily Avian

Two poems by Ori Fienberg

Jul 9 - Ori Fienberg
poetry

This Coworking Space Runs on Sisterhood and Toxic Conformity

“The Parlor,” a fiction debut by Emma Weisberg

Jul 2 - Emma Weisberg
Prose
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