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The Commuter

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

When It Gets Hot the Block Gets Loud

Two poems by Birch Wiley

Sep 9 - Birch Wiley
poetry

A Frozen Bird Too Beautiful to Bury

Three prose poems by Mike Bove

Sep 2 - Mike Bove
poetry

Every Parent Needs a Tub of Their Own

“Cabin for Four in High Sierra” flash fiction by Jae Towle Vieira, from THIRTY CABINS

Aug 26 - Jae Towle Vieira
Prose
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When It Gets Hot the Block Gets Loud

Sep 9 - Birch Wiley

The Dude With One Eye Ate Six Of My Friends — Fiction By Jeff Bender

Oct 19 - Jeff Bender

FICTION: Men’s Room by Greg Ames

Mar 9 - Greg Ames

Picking through the Ruins of your Dying Neighborhood

Aug 21 - Desiree Cooper
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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

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
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