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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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- 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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