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Secondhand Clothes

August 12, 2026

To reach that renowned independent art museum on the outskirts of Beijing, after getting off at the nearest bus stop, you have to walk three stretches…

Reinhard A. Deutsch

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Stench

Arushi Madan |

August 12, 2026

She’s ten, pressing her face into the mesh of a window, staring at her father as he smokes his heart out in the driveway. He rings the doorbell, soon, and she runs to him. She burrows her nose into his back as he walks in. He locks himself in the bathroom…

Sebastian Piękoś

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The Scent of Freedom

Moran Beatty Tabler |

August 11, 2026

Our laughter rolls along the way to a hotel
in California,
just as we laughed together at our meeting
on an autumn evening…

Cristofer Maximilian

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On the Beach

Greg Shupak |

August 11, 2026

The smell of saltwater and banana sunscreen. Erin’s in a straw hat and big sunglasses, white button-up over a black one-piece bathing suit.
“I dreamt you cheated on me with someone successful,” I say, planting my chair in the sand.
“I’d never do that,” she tells me…

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Chopped Liver

Eliza Grace Westcott |

August 10, 2026

Ribs. Thighs. Brisket. Marrow. Fat. The corner gate swung open.
Eileen had never seen the girl before…

Nina Hill

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Finding Orion

Eric Sutton |

August 10, 2026

I’ll be the king of the road and
he’ll be my everything…

Dan Dennis

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Anticipatory Grief

Grace Danielle |

August 9, 2026

I miss my mom. She’s not dead, she’s very much alive. Her heart is still beating, but I think it’s hollow inside, almost like she’s waiting to die, but never expecting to fully live…

Mike Scheid

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Cherry Creek

Keith Melton |

August 9, 2026

A thin sleeve of sky opens its yaw,
scudding clouds

climbing red shadows at the break of day.
Morning lingers..

Alvin David

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My Body, Remembering How to Want

Lisa Whalen |

August 8, 2026

They ate, slept, sunbathed, and mated unmolested, resorting to force only when necessary and then to lethal effect. I wanted to distill and imbibe their essence.

Lucie Hošová

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mom the gardener

Emma Francois |

August 8, 2026

never with a shovel
for fear of splitting
a wriggler in two…

Zac Cain

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RED SKY AT MORNING

Shoshauna Shy |

August 7, 2026

“Well, not likely all were onboard,” I claim. “Probably one suggested it; the second pretended they’re gung-ho; the third twisted themself into believing they can try, and the fourth hated the idea but didn’t want to get left off the lifeboat…”