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The Commuter

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

He’d Rather Fight a Dragon Than His Wife

“Tom vs. Dragon,” flash fiction by Lyndsay Hall

Jan 7 - Lyndsay Hall
Prose

My Horny Extra Hand Needs Boundaries

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

Dec 17 - Andrew Graham Martin
Prose

Frida Deserved Better Than Diego’s Coconut

Two ekphrastic poems by Danilo Marin

Dec 10 - Danilo Marin
poetry
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Motherhood Made Her a Literal Dog

Jul 12 - Rachel Yoder

Father’s Gone and So Is His Arm

Sep 27 - Lydia Davis

The NY Times Connections Destroyed Society and We’re Fine With It

Sep 24 - Pardis Parker

He’d Rather Fight a Dragon Than His Wife

Jan 7 - Lyndsay Hall
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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

A Comparison of Canine and Human Existential Dread

“Dog Anxiety Series,” flash fiction by Weike Wang

Jun 25 - Weike Wang
Prose

Turns Out I’m an Entire Person!

“The Beginning of the End,” flash fiction by Devan Murphy

Jun 18 - Devan Murphy
Prose

The Realest Proposal You’ll Ever Receive

Two poems by Javier Sandoval

Jun 11 - Javier Sandoval
poetry

The Wordle Bot Thinks I’m Hot

“My Phone Is the Supermoon,” flash fiction by Nathan Alling Long

Jun 4 - Nathan Alling Long
Prose
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