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Category: Fiction

A Night Funeral

Rebekah Reisig

by River & SouthPosted onDecember, 2020

He wanted a nighttime funeral. We thought he was joking. Connor didn’t have a will. He wasn’t the sort to plan ahead. His days were…

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Can You Please Keep Up?

Carl A. Taylor

by River & SouthPosted onDecember, 2020

You were peaked well before Millinocket, and I shouldn’t have missed the signs. But in truth, I didn’t miss them after all, but ignored. I…

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Aiko

Amar Benchikha

by River & SouthPosted onJune, 2020June, 2020

        The first time I saw her, she was wearing a long, golden, tight-fitting gown, the type of gown a woman would wear at an upscale…

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YEARS LATER (Revision)

Leah Browning

by River & SouthPosted onJune, 2020June, 2020

        He found himself in a paralytic state. This was the state of Ohio. On a billboard outside—well, if you’ve been there, you know. Along the…

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Leaving

By William Cass

by River & SouthPosted onJanuary, 2020January, 2020

Ann sat on the edge of the couch, staring at the packed suitcase on the floor next to her. The late afternoon light in the…

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Jack London Can’t Help You

By Sarah Gyle

by River & SouthPosted onJanuary, 2020January, 2020

     The best way to stave off death is to make it something you want because then you’ll never get it. That is what I’ve learned.     My…

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Coming Apartness

By Jason Arias

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2019June, 2019

          Benny kept babbling, kept saying, “Man, I’m breaking apart. Man, I’m breaking apart.” And I wanted to tell him to fucking chill. To just let…

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There’s A Note Taped on the Cake for Brenda

By Julieanna Blackwell

by River & SouthPosted onMay, 2019June, 2019

          “So, how was your day?” she asked.          “Fine,” he answered, just as he had done twice since coming home from the grocers. He had already put…

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The Loneliest Cup

By Helia Rethmann

by dawn leasPosted onJanuary, 2019June, 2019

The day I gained access to my other lives, I was relaxing by my brother’s pool after a horrible week at work. Brian let me…

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The Shark

By Nancy Tingley

by dawn leasPosted onJanuary, 2019June, 2019

She slid into the water, no splashing, no shriek at the cold, her arms braced behind her, so she couldn’t stop herself, had to release…

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Soloism

By Scott F. Parker

by dawn leasPosted onJanuary, 2019June, 2019

So it’s after Hood to Coast (and if you want me to I can tell you about that too), but it’s after Hood to Coast…

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Familiar Face

By Carrie Close

by dawn leasPosted onJanuary, 2019January, 2019

Sitting at the bar with your aunt on a Friday night reminds you how desperate you are for friends your own age. So you drink…

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Missed Connections, a short story

By Emmy Thomas

by dawn leasPosted onMay, 2018June, 2018

            The gate was crowded when she arrived, the obligatory one hour prior to departure. Or was it one hour prior to boarding? She wasn’t sure.…

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Coyote Moon

By Beth Konkoski

by dawn leasPosted onMay, 2018June, 2018

            A woman I once worked with came to visit when I moved back east and stole my car after my husband and I went to bed.…

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The Portal

By Maria Brandt

by dawn leasPosted onMay, 2018June, 2018

            I never believe what anyone tells me, unless it’s the truth. And I know when it’s the truth because I feel it, like I feel…

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