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The Waterproof Bible: an excerpt

Andrew Kaufman -

1 The woman who couldn’t keep her feelings to herself The limousine taking Rebecca Reynolds and Lewis Taylor to the funeral had stalled in...

Swimmers

Alex Leslie -

He falls asleep on a beach in the city’s elbow and night blows newspapers over him. In...

Lie With Me

Elizabeth Warren -

I woke with a start but lay still, waiting for my quickened breathing to slow, the hairs on my arms to settle. Crisp new...

Baby Teeth

Teri Vlassopoulos -

When I emerged from the forest I was six years old, all tangled hair and scabby legs. Skinny. Everything had been so blurry, a...

A World of Flirts

John Brandon -

The name of the lot was COOS AUTO BROKERS and the motto was Good Cars—Good People. Joyce used her weight to open the...

Thirty-Seven Women

Carolyn Black -

We were a community of thirty-seven women. Each woman lived alone in one of thirty-seven apartments in our six-storey building. The tall caretaker with fine...

The Sky Turned Black

Dan Schwartz -

And I wish it would again, but it has been twenty-one days so far and nothing has changed. People have been going about their...

Conversation at Four A.M.

John Goldbach -

He kisses her neck, while she sleeps, with little pressure. Staring at her, he thinks of the warmth and desire her face inspires...

The Best and Most Intense

Sherwin Sullivan Tjia -

The hypnotist knows what he’s doing. The woman in the bed with him has her eyes closed. She was very susceptible. Not everyone is....

When You’re Gone

Rhonda Waterfall -

Patty boards the train in Calgary on her way back home to Vancouver and takes a seat near the window. Other passengers heft their...