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“California” by Yasmine Lucas
20 February 2015 on FictionMy mother circled her hands over the candles, my father took a sip of wine, and touching a challah still warm from the oven, we recited the Ha-motzi. We scooped...
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“You Have To Understand Your Father” by Tim Tomlinson
19 December 2014 on FictionMom used to say, “You have to understand your father. He grew up in the Great Depression.” Or she’d say, “You have to understand your father. Where he grew up,...
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“Ornithology” by Molly McArdle
21 November 2014 on FictionTheir mother’s body obscured their view through the front door. “I’m very happy to have you both home for Thanksgiving,” she said. “I bought a beautiful turkey.” And then, “It’s...
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“Jawbone in Missouri” by Meghan Gilliss
17 October 2014 on FictionIn the hot center of the three-story barn, an oil furnace bucked and shuddered like an old bull up to his final dalliance. Without it, all of this—the piles of...
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“Between the Sky and the Ground” by Amelia Skinner Saint
02 May 2014 on FictionBradley threw the walnuts as fast as he could pick them up. They were staining his hands and sweater, but he didn’t care. He kept his eyes on the bird,...
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“Interloping” by Brian Castleberry
04 April 2014 on FictionTo begin with, things were fine. The director's assistant showed Joan and me to our private room, second from the end of the hall on the left side, and handed...
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“Snitch” by Erin Gnidziejko-Smith
21 February 2014 on FictionMaddy’s boyfriend, Ross, has no job, so he has energy to tune his guitar all night and sleep all day. Ross’s guitar cost the same as a month’s rent. Maddy...
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“Capetown Breezes” by Penny Pennell
22 November 2013 on FictionMama never cried when she chopped onions. She peeled the rustic encasing from the fleshy orb and with her butcher’s knife slid through the root and crown while cold water...
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“The ’65 Shelby Mustang” by Devin Murphy
18 October 2013 on FictionOver the years Kirk and his father lived in a series of trailers. In each the doorknobs, sink basins, and walls of the main corridor were caked with motor oil....
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“Hermits” by Brandon Bell
02 May 2013 on FictionEpisode I. Little Dude My third day in the halfway house Little Dude broke the stained-glass window. A former resident named Jonathan had installed it. Jonathan's story: drugs, rape...
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“Scarification” by Nicole Haroutunian
15 March 2013 on FictionPushing a wheelchair is something I hope never to get good at, though I figure I should at least try to get better. “Jeez, sorry honey,” I say. Levi...
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“Serpentine” by Dan Townsend
03 December 2012 on FictionMarsh's father would have considered this snake breeder the worst of them, and there were some sad cases in the parking lot at Valley State. They sold reptiles from warped...
