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Month: May 2014

That’s Twice Now by Leah Christianson

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

Earlier in the evening, they had dinner with friends. She made a salad and he picked up a red blend from McEachern’s. She hadn’t liked…

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Fading by Sherri Ellerman

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

I have watched her die every day for 6 months.  I love her more because we are losing her yet hate her for leaving us. …

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Mr. and Mrs. Barrow by Brandon Madden

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

I pulled my car into the driveway of a bird blue bungalow. The screen door opened slowly, and a tiny, hunched woman walked out. Simply…

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When Harry Met Sydney by Walter Pierce

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

Harry was sitting on a park bench soaking-up some of that free Vitamin D doctors were telling folks to absorb this time of year. The…

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The Glance by Alexander Pyles

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

Eyes met, glance away, and then meet again.  An awkward dance, like junior-high students mingling, yet it still caused Luke’s heart to jump.  The eyes…

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Finals by Khristian Smith

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

“What a sunset,” I coughed. I do not know why I remember this, but I recollect my deplorable health. Nulling stress, little sleep, sparse food,…

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The Wedding by Shiv Dutta

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

Our wedding took place on a July evening in Kolkata, a couple of months before Chhoton and I were to depart for Canada. On that…

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Milkweed Butterflies by Mary Lu Perham

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

Pleasant Valley Township, where I spent my childhood, produced tremendous crops of milkweeds, which loved the sandy loam soil. From springtime on, pastures and ditches…

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WHIPPER SNAPPERS by Shareen Knight

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

Oh you young whippersnappers, vampires flinging down your words like petticoats, not stones, don’t call your mother a whore and stop blaming my generation for…

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Twelve by Bailey Bloyd

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

Embrace the body. Embrace the overdeveloped, underappreciated goddess that you are. There is no manual for what you have. You have this vessel that men…

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Uncle Archie by Iain Macdonald

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

Like nearly all the island lads he couldn’t swim a stroke, yet brought his skin back whole from three straight sinkings on the Murmansk Run.…

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A Month of Masks by Katherine Yets

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

My boyfriend left me and thought it was a good idea to send me a picture of himself every day. This was over a year…

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June Evening Along the Glen by Megan Duffy

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

I do not want ties. The branches of the linden angle down here, do not move but for the wind. The sinking sun is mindless—it…

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Banjo Birds and Circles by Dah Hemler

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

Outside, at this café, the muddled noise from so much chatter. The color of the sky is a blue circle. At the same time, a…

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Raptor by Wendy Ingersoll

by adminPosted onMay, 2014February, 2018

By the river, a great smudge of dusky bird abruptly separates from the oak— a bald eagle, beating at the breeze.  I break into a…

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