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I’m building a garage out of little plastic blocks with my son and thinking about the dream I had last night. You were there. Telling me...

I stood tottering on my front step, staring into the screen door. June bugs, ladybugs, mosquitos, moths, something that looked like a...

ON A TRAIN RIDE BACK UPSTATE YOU TELL ME THE SCREENPLAY FOR STUART LITTLE WAS ACTUALLY WRITTEN BY M. NIGHT SHALMALYAN WHICH COMPLETELY...

She wrung his heart out with a sharp sturdy twist until she was satisfied no blood remained. Slapping the lifeless organ atop a chipped...

Our second rental in New Zealand has cheap construction—again—despite the cost, but was a three-minute walk to the sea and that was...

For two nights I watched the swarm at the streetlight. Insects, too small to identify, flittered around the cool-white light, their...

Our affection for each other, portioned out in teaspoonfuls: Take 2 at bedtime Only as needed Never combine with alcohol. Margaret King...

To be completely forgotten there must be earth and fingernails. Knotted alleys must funnel warm winds at dusk, surprising passers-by,...

I thought I was going so far away, but everyone has followed. My knuckle just caught a man on the side of the head as I rushed down the...

The last time I saw you, you gave me a book of shitty poems. The second poem in one section, you said, particularly made you think of me....

She comes of age, abloom. Not a fairer girl in the whole country. Her beauty has that exotic flavor which drives people a little crazy....

I’d had a body for as long as I could remember. I never gave it much thought. It wasn’t until I was 19 years old that I realized my body...

There is some question, like, who is this Colleen person? Are you in love with her? What’s the backstory here? I’ve gotten into it...

The 4pm take-off had been delayed because of ice on the wings—freak October storm. Folks grumble. Flight attendants soothe with vodka...

The Classics professor dreams of eating hummingbirds at the bottom of a well, everything feathers and bone, mash and entrails—awful...

We survive by seeking to be second best. Don khakis and long sleeve shirts that make us sweat. Navy blue, of course, not the odd combos...

Day 1: Shock Day 2: Why Day 3: Need Day 4: Plead Day 5: Deny Day 6: Broken Day 7: Cry Day 8: Fault Day 9: Guilt Day 10: Cannot Day 11:...

On the southern tip of Illinois is a tiny piece of land, like the tip of a baby’s pinky finger extending into the water where the...

Last Valentine's Day, you brought home a stray kitten. "Let me introduce you to Muffin," you said, petting a restless, tan furry ball....

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