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Great Mind Destoyer

Robert James Russell -

A desperation sits deep in her, something she longs to rid herself of yet whose origin she cannot wholly explain. She lies in bed...

The Convicted

Mariko Tamaki -

When the women came looking for Robert in February, on the evening of our house's Valentines' Screw You and Your Politics party, we were...

Roots and Soil

Lyndsay Michalik -

Maggie’s grandmother grew turnips. Maggie remembers the dirt under her grandmother’s fingernails and in the creases of her hands after digging them out of...

Cookie Dough

Jon Reiss -

Just out of the subway I spotted the idling hybrid Toyota that 2Byung said he'd be driving. I looked through the window and saw...

Glory

Catie Disabato -

The three of us tossed Avi in the bathroom and locked her in. She screamed for hours, until her voice gave out, then banged...

Everyone I Know

Stephen Thomas -

Called my ex on the phone and said how about now. They said not so sure bout it, I know we’ve talked about things...

Thrown Overboard, Manacled in a Box

Cody Klippenstein -

Cale is treading water in the middle of the deep end, water sloshing in his ears and lapping at his chin as he listens...

Pleased to Meet Me

Daniel Mueller -

I. In a world forever re-creating itself in the image of itself seen on screens, the shift from 100% cotton jeans to those made of...

The General

Adam Sol -

We hated him when he was a boy – he was a poor student, an embarrassment on the pitch, and his family owned the...

All Of The Arctic Explorers

Bryan Hurt -

PYTHEAS First of all Pytheas, Pytheas of Greece. He was everything that you’d expect from an ancient Greek person. Toga laurel wreath, all of...