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Passion Pit -- fiction by Abbey Griffin
“Mary! It’s wonderful to see you. I’ve missed you fiercely,” Sandra says as she throws open her frosted door and ushers Mary through the...
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- Jun 28
- 10 min
New Gods -- fiction by Kira Hawthorne
And that night, watched over by the moon and twinkling stars, we swore to be better than our forefathers, every person and god who had...
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- Jun 28
- 4 min
Violet Sky -- fiction by Annika Liss
I sigh as I look over the crowd, their smug smiles tinged with that little glint of fear. I’d hoped I had a little longer. Even just a...
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- Apr 27
- 7 min
Portrait of a family, not a squid -- fiction by Isabel C. Shen
You love that woman. Her squid-ink hair shredded and slicked back by rain. That expressive face, perpetually wriggling about in the...
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- Feb 6
- 5 min
No One I Know -- fiction by Annika Johnson
I have seen it a thousand times: my mother’s face screws up in a snarl as she barks at the phone. Her shouts are fireworks, blasting...
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- Dec 6, 2023
- 12 min
Rotting in Oregon -- fiction by Brinley Vaughn
I am truly sorry. Sorry to God, sorry to my mother, and most of all, sorry to my beautiful and lovely Eric. Hermiston, Oregon. A...
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- Dec 6, 2023
- 11 min
The Vulgar Symphony -- fiction by Jiachen (Jayden) Cao
Nova Raven sits rather uncomfortably in a navy blue plastic chair. The gradual dampening of the cushion embarrassingly reminds Nova of...
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- Jun 17, 2023
- 10 min
Consumption -- fiction by Fig Burnett-Cavoto
Maxie squeezed her eyes shut and open again, stretching her arms to touch her headboard as the world shifted into focus. “Maxie!” Her...
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- Jun 17, 2023
- 6 min
Wingless -- fiction by Asher Lytton
In Elisha Abuyarsky’s heaven, the angel Gavriel has no wings. One day, with a small paper file tucked beneath his arm, he knocked timidly...
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- May 1, 2023
- 8 min
The Year of Ennui -- fiction by Oliver Walters-Clift
If you were to create a graph of social interest in Eloise Clark, it would look something like this: The first blips would appear about...
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- Mar 5, 2023
- 9 min
The Elephant in a Pink Tutu -- fiction by Zhaohan Shi
It was a normal night. Not the type of normal that reoccurs every day of every week of every year; those were the nights he spent sunken...
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- Mar 5, 2023
- 8 min
Cupid's Comedy -- fiction by Lia Nacey
ACT I How festive everything was that blessed morn!; how the sun’s rays shone triumphantly like the bugles of the aether, the fading moon...
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- Mar 5, 2023
- 4 min
Your Call -- fiction by Baoying Scott
From up here, the dark blue waves don’t look so menacing. From up here, they look almost friendly. I could almost pretend they’re...
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- Feb 7, 2023
- 4 min
Unexpected -- fiction by Greta Jungjohann
My heart jumped as pounding footsteps approached my open dorm door. Immediately I set down my shirt on the bed and turned to face my new...
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- Jun 18, 2022
- 5 min
Daughter, I Miss You, Come Home -- fiction by Lucy Dillenbeck
Violet Jade was neither a flower nor a gemstone; rather, she was a contradiction. She was not delicate, she did not sparkle. Her...
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- Apr 15, 2022
- 7 min
Bathroom Pass -- fiction by Hazel Fry
My dark bathroom clutched me like an ancient goddess, and I tilted my head backwards until gravity became a meaningless word. I jumped up...
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- Apr 15, 2022
- 4 min
Life Within a Painting -- fiction by Camille S. Campbell
“I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process.” ― Vincent van Gogh THE YELLOW HOUSE, ARLES, FRANCE. The...
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- Mar 19, 2022
- 6 min
Evanescence -- fiction by Reese Beebe
I’m too young to be nostalgic. Too old to be completely still, unwilling to move. No one has ever said it to me, but I know. I know, as a...
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- Jan 29, 2022
- 5 min
Americanization -- fiction by Satori McCormick
Ina came with nothing but jeans, a T-shirt, and a diamond necklace. At least that was what she told us. My sister gasped and asked,...
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- Dec 18, 2021
- 3 min
Cloning -- fiction by Maya Wurtemberg
Katherine was a charming, sensitive, and polite young girl who woke up early for church every Sunday. She wore lightweight dresses which...
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