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Silent Dawn

“The early afternoon lured more cars on the road. The drive to home because slower and slower. The air was dewy with heat and silence, and they all say boiling in the hot, stinking sun.”

by Rasheeda Saka on April 21, 2019April 20, 2019

No Angel Knows

“At the top of the platform I turned left. The flat surface of the hemispheric bubble sprawled below. In my memory, the red chairs looked like rock candy.”

by Tess Solomon on April 21, 2019April 22, 2019

Stars That Are Fish

“Starfish, whose name marry the sky and the sea – the opposite ends of the world, also have in them a
bit of both: the practical will to live of fish, as well as the saintly detachment of stars.”

by Khanh Vu on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019

Eugene

“I don’t think he would have been a loving father. He didn’t have it in him. I think he would have been too scared.”

by Alex Jacobson on March 10, 2019March 9, 2019

Silence

“Stillness had never seemed so distant from serenity.”

by Mia Salas on March 10, 2019March 9, 2019

How to Talk to Your Friend about Jordan Peterson (and Social Justice)

The challenges of friendship with a fan of Jordan Peterson.

by Peter Taylor on March 10, 2019March 9, 2019

Windowpanes

“Did the pulsating breadth of her todays and tomorrows eclipse her yesterdays?”

by Anika Khakoo on February 17, 2019February 19, 2019

Ginger

Neuroses can only get you so far.

by Violet Marmur on December 8, 2018February 17, 2019

Storyteller

“He had built a life before, and watched it fall apart.”

by Serena Alagappan on December 2, 2018December 4, 2018

The Poster

Sometimes the world has a way of telling you when you have a calling.

by Abby Van Soest on November 18, 2018November 17, 2018

The Real Deal

Who said pen pals couldn’t be best friends?

by Peter Schmidt on October 7, 2018October 6, 2018

Uma Lembrança

A chronicle of a drink by the seaside, foretold.

by Anna Marsh on October 7, 2018October 7, 2018


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