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Fiction

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Fiction

A Little Evil

Andrew Mollenkof -
At night, I turn into a demon and ride people. My girlfriend doesn’t like it, but what can I do? It’s in my nature....
Fiction

Overselling

Adam Kaz -
Roger, because he gets everywhere first, was already in The Dumb Horse Pub, staring at his good looks in the mirror behind the bottle...
Fiction

A Boxer Goes to Sleep

Aastha Dhyani -
One morning I woke up to laughter. Laughter. I knew it must be a dream. I squeezed my eyes shut, thinking I’d wake up...
Fiction

Serious Love

Feyisayo Anjorin -
At some point in the past you didn’t have this obsession that seemed like the stuff of Beyoncé’s Dangerously in Love song. You never...
Fiction

I Handed You That Match

Grace Whitmore -
  Columbia River New Year’s Eve, 2016 Ahead of the powerboat the river was a trembling plane pierced by starlight reflections, and behind it the river was...
Fiction

Bhagwan Ji

Chirodip Naha -
All of them sat in a corner of Sashi Master’s living room as it rained heavily outside. In his modest house, the living room...
Fiction and Poetry

Moros and Cassandra

S. N. Ara -
Moros’ corporeal form is an awkward tangle of too-long limbs and too-narrow hips, neither of which ease his drive through the congested streets of...
Fiction and Poetry

The Beckoning Reeds

David Partington -
On a dismal autumn afternoon, Eleanor Lytton made her way along a narrow boardwalk through the reeds and cattails of a desolate marsh. Leaves...
Fiction

The Trump Bobblehead

Mark Tulin -
Finding a place to live in Philly on a part-time income took much work. And at one point, I told my best friend, Bryan,...
Fiction

The clock’s ticking, Karl

Felix Anker -
‘Twas one of those days one starts by referring to the old self with numbers and using the word ‘twas. Well, I wasn’t sure...
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