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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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- Jul 2, 2021
- 4 min
Nobody and the Other -- fiction by Patricia Jane Donato
The boy walked forward, shivering in a seemingly endless blackness. He thought he should have been somewhere else; somewhere warm and...
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- May 28, 2021
- 4 min
Numb -- fiction by Emily Sheng
“I’m sorry, but I don’t think our relationship is working. I’m breaking up with you.” Surprisingly, there were no tears shed. I should...
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- May 14, 2021
- 4 min
Kimjang -- fiction by Michelle Park
I. It was almost as if someone always whispered into my ear - it’s kimjang time! I’d always known by instinct, when the smell of the...
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- May 14, 2021
- 4 min
A New Home -- fiction by Ace Yeom
James was lying on the back seat of the car with his feet outstretched. He looked at his mother through the rearview mirror to see if she...
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- May 14, 2021
- 4 min
Burn -- fiction by Julie Zhu
The monitor beeped monotonously as I reach for the needle, the green zig-zagged line displaying my heartbeat slowed to a stop as I tug on...
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- Apr 23, 2021
- 7 min
The Cigarette Man -- fiction by Madeleine de Belloy de Saint Lienard
It certainly wasn’t love at first sight. The old rickety house barely stood up on its own and it creaked in the wind. Its splintered...
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- Apr 23, 2021
- 6 min
Can’t You Remember? -- fiction by Ali Fishman
I sometimes wonder what was disappeared first - among all the things that have vanished from the earth. My grandfather slammed the door...
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- Jan 29, 2021
- 4 min
Dear Clara -- fiction by Annie Zhu
Dear Clara, Happy Birthday, Angel! I can’t believe you are already turning 10. It feels like just yesterday you were a baby. You used to...
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- Jan 29, 2021
- 7 min
Remember Who You Are -- fiction by Oyindoubra Akika
“She remembered who she was and the game changed. ~ “ Lalah Delia “I told you to come back home, Adanna. You’ll never be good enough...
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- Jan 15, 2021
- 7 min
Croaking Gifts -- fiction by Mariam Khan
"It's slimy," Isadora whined, voice higher than a broken reed. The toad, cupped tight between her palms, let out a croak as if to note:...
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- Oct 16, 2020
- 4 min
Temptation -- fiction by Jessica Wang
He was skeptical at first, not trusting the fragile feathers held together by bits of wax and metal. But he strapped them on anyway and...
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- Oct 16, 2020
- 5 min
One, Two, Three -- fiction by Flore Alexandre
A couple of days before we left to go skiing at your father’s chalet, you casually told me he thought I was shallow. As your giggle...
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- Oct 16, 2020
- 8 min
Frost -- fiction by Riley Tao
“I told her she did the right thing!” Lord Astrea Frost roared, “I told her that it was okay to cry, that it was normal to feel terrible,...
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- Aug 7, 2020
- 5 min
The Deliverer -- fiction by Shira Zur
It is during times like these – in your hot, beat-up red 2006 Subaru, whose air-conditioning has been broken for almost three weeks but...