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The Other You’s

Leland Cheuk -

We rented an apartment on Avenue Trudaine. The place was on the third floor and overlooked Square D’Anvers, which was a short downhill walk from...

At Full Capacity

Kate Axelrod -

On their third date, Jack and Abby drive to Atlantic City. It’s eleven-thirty on a Wednesday night. Earlier in the evening they’d met at a bar...

Skin

Rowan Beaird -

Before the dogs, she had loved dressing. Beginning at age ten she insisted on hanging every item of clothing in her closet, feeling that drawers...

A New England

Rodrigo Ribera d'Ebre -

The last time I saw Karen she was dolling herself up to go out with girlfriends. They were the type that backstabbed each other on...

The Rut

Amy Shearn -

How she came to be living as a human in a city with a man was how anyone came to be living as a human...

A Brief History of Appetites

Hannah Kingsley-Ma -

There was one year — the year things started to slowly dip behind the horizon — where I lived with my little sister in an...

Training Day

Isabella Moschen Storey -

He told me to put my feet up. He said, “Take this water bottle. Drink it, but only if you are thirsty. We are in...

We Had to Leave

Dan Hong -

December 31, 1999 The guest in room 216 left behind a copy of The Washington Post on the nightstand when she checked out. As with all the...

Sleeping Alone

Brian Gresko -

I find the divorce papers in the stack of junk mail and late payment notices. Alex, watching Adventure Time beside me on the sofa, knows something’s...

Man, Alone At Movies

Frankie Allegra -

I am afraid of getting murdered at the movies. Allow me to rephrase: I am afraid of getting murdered by men at the movies. Men...