Watching lavish lives corrupts our national psyche during times of extreme income inequality, social unrest, and violence
Sydney Rende’s “I Could Be Famous” plays with the fantasy vs. reality of modern-day fame
An obit’s very form announces its most important news. This first, crucial piece of information is already redundant
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SupportMysterious hands strangle a figure against a backdrop of tarot, smoke, and Mormon symbology
“Prodigies,” flash fiction by Drue Denmon
Rachel Eliza Griffiths on memorializing the most intimate griefs and joys in “The Flower Bearers”
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“Prodigies,” flash fiction by Drue Denmon
“Sixteen Hours in Iceland” by Laurie Marhoefer, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Two poems by Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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