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Seven Names for Missing Cats

Martin Seay -

And what if we don’t look? — Erwin Schrödinger Señor El Gato It’s everywhere now: the lampposts, the telephone poles. In every corner lot, stapled to...

The Girl in the Case

Lisa Teasley -

Rob Ruskin put an ad for the job on Craigslist: Wanted attractive, intelligent girlfriend, who will love, cherish and respect me, tolerate my family,...

I’m Sorry and Thank You

Andrew Hood -

He came out onto his porch and there was some hippy mother changing her baby on his lawn. On a Hudson's Bay blanket, the...

Incredible

Megan Stielstra -

From Everyone Remain Calm now available from Joyland and ECW Press. How it ended was, I got drunk. Like falling off the bar stool. Like...

Man Is Born to Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward

Terese Svoboda -

Three motorcyclists ripped through the gravel that Granny had spread not the week before, spraying stones in a half moon along the house side. One of...

Clothes Make a Man

Jessica Michalofsky -

Here is what I do: I drink a small vessel of sow’s blood. I do this quickly with my eyes closed, and tears...

Ballpark Figure

Rebecca Entel -

My brother Dyl’s always keeping me on my toes by pretending he doesn’t love me anymore. “Foul ball?” are the first two words he barks...

Waiting for Women

Rebecca Rosenblum -

Colleen’s eyes were a flat silver-green, and her gaze rested on Theo as if he were a tree stump or a fire hydrant. “My...

Cry Baby

Kathryn Mockler -

It is an early Friday morning. The alley is quiet except for the shopping carts and the rattling cans and bottles of the bottle...

Guidelines for Flying: 3 Destinations

Samantha Cohen -

San Pedro, California Descend onto the rockiest beach you see, the one with the greatest differentiation in color among its rocks. The beach you choose...