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Eulalie Laid

Elise Levine -

At forty feet on a weedy plain aglint with crushed beer cans, observed by pouting bass, he bumped her. She finned to catch her...

Professional Development

Megan Stielstra -

With AWP 2012 starting this week in Chicago, we're posting this topical story by Megan Stielstra. Megan is reading at Joyland's event at Quimby's this Thursday, March...

The Morrigan

William Ilan Rubel -

Wren Connected to the bog-land by a wooden causeway, the crannog roundhouse was ringed by rough, stout poles. Wisps of smoke rose from its chimney,...

Safeway

Claire Matthews -

There is something to be said for sucking dick in a freezer. Between the rack of uncooked blueberry muffins and the ice cream, his...

Fershtupt on Dog Watch

Gary Barwin -

From Yiddish for Pirates, a novel 1. Moishe as a child. He told me stories. Some were true. At fourteen, he left the shtetl near Vilnius for the...

My Last Summer in Washington

Sarah Steinberg -

At first, I said moving to DC was like stepping inside a candy wrapper. That seemed right at the time but, then - not....

The Entertainment Room

Daniel Scott Tysdal -

They are all anonymous. There’s the budding actress who takes the controls of the subway train for her first solo drive. Five years ago,...

Allhallows

Jack Wang -

Two days before Halloween, Ernie stood in the men’s room relieving himself on break. That’s when the clammy gray face of Troy Festerling, grill...

Episode of Everybody Loves Raymond

Bilyana Ilievska -

Written in the Key of Cormac McCarthy: I Love You, Season 1, Episode 2. Interviews Tommy Lasorda – Upstate New York – The War ...

Blindfolded Nude Male Swinging Stick at Donkey Piñata

Shari Kasman -

Kurt von Hagersfeld (b. 1963) was born and raised in a small suburb of Boston where he developed such a strong love for celebrations...