I resist rest as an antidote, you write letters to the tooth fairy, I own three guns and you hate change.
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“I don’t want to live in a world where I have to be afraid every time I go somewhere.” A heart-warming tale of a man and a vampire.
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A man sets out to discover the large granite egg that bears his soul.
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“‘Be. Good.’ He says the words like they’re two separate ideas.” Angels, tornadoes and a little bit of hope.
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“What struck him most was that this could not un-exist.” Pregnancies and miscommunication on a misplaced April Fools.
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You’d never get to see his face, only squeals of alarm, and the sound of a motorcycle zooming away. A sound like a growl, even a menacing roar, over ...
To those in positions of power, trust is used as a weapon…(Wild) Horse explores the clashes between class, religion and sexuality.
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In the first weeks of the pandemic, an immune-compromised person seeks help from some yoga people.
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“And there’s the Milky Way splashed across the sky – right where I left it.” Amanda Barusch outlines the shape of stars and grief.
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“Look what I found on the doorstep this morning,” says Emilio, cradling something on his hands as he enters the kitchen “but I don’t know what to make of it. ...
“You can have this memory, if you want, completely uncorrupted.” On the balcony, two friends talk away the world.
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In this story we breathe the intimacy of a sensual, gritty city
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Wharton could see the cemetery from her window as she wrote (every day until at least 11, lying in bed), surrounded by her living dogs and gazing out at her dead. ...
Cover Artist: Javier Rey
Letter from the Editor by Eric Akoto
Gorgeous by Matthew Perkins
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“I’d been out with other women over the past year, but Madeline tripped some wires inside me…” Today’s #StorySunday is “The New Dress” by Patrick Partridge. ...
“I put Gary down as just another relic of the hippy era eking out his pension in the Land of Smiles.” Bangkok, retirement, friendship, life.
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“After he’d gone, her friend Cecilia said missing cats like Murakami’s kickstart stories.” Today’s #StorySunday is “Mae misses Kitaj” by Chris Vaughan.
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“I saw a chasm grow below, letting in the sea…” Today’s #StorySunday is “Sailcloth” by Toni Osgood.
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Bash the coconut as hard as you can on the terracotta tiles and then the corners of the stucco-clad house before—keenly aware of your daughter’s waning interest and her diminishing ...
“You’re getting too old to shag in a van.” Today’s #StorySunday is “The Roses & the Weeds” by Elinora Westfall.
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