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The Commuter

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

Hairballs Are My Love Language

"A Hairy Style" and "Stem of Thorns," flash fiction by Maya Miller

Apr 15 - Maya Miller
Prose

Nothing Says Closure Like Being Robbed

“The Person Who Lives Here Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” flash fiction by Ben Daggers

Apr 8 - Ben Daggers
Prose

My Skeleton Thinks It’s Better Off Alone

“Debone,” flash fiction by Caitlin Campbell

Apr 1 - Caitlin Campbell
Prose
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Gator Butchering For Beginners

Jun 4 - Kristen Arnett

My Skeleton Thinks It’s Better Off Alone

Apr 1 - Caitlin Campbell

Sex, Love, and Architecture

Jul 30 - Corey Miller

The Greatest Failure of All Time

Jul 9 - Christopher Boucher
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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

A Home Health Aide With Feathers

"Kestrel" by J. Condra Smith, winner of the Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize

May 28 - J. Condra Smith
Prose kestrel in flight

The See-Through Heart of the Swallow

Seven tanka by Shizuka Omori, translated by Yuki Tanaka

May 21 - Shizuka Omori & Yuki Tanaka
poetry

The Yam Peel’s Reinvention Has Nothing on Mine

Two poems by Hassan A. Usman

May 14 - Hassan A. Usman
poetry

The Day the Universe Looked Up My Dress

“BAM,” flash fiction by Judyth Emanuel

May 7 - Judyth Emanuel
Prose
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