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Daily Horoscope #758

Your fate is sealed, as the planets wrote your story by the stars and universes that predate you. So, go on. Enjoy the feast of your destiny. Let the winds guide you home.    Listen, for the following will detail … Read More

by Michael Grasso on November 16, 2025November 16, 2025

The Old Fires Keep Burning

by Lola Horowitz on November 16, 2025November 16, 2025

The Soiled Soles of Her Shoes

“When I read about her suffering, I was delighted by her decay. I was thrilled by her unfolding; I liked pulling at her seams and watching her unravel. I confess. I liked watching her rot away.”

by Bella Capezio on November 16, 2025November 16, 2025

What’s the Skinny on Brandy HELLville?

Ever heard of the four horsemen of the apocalypse? Well Brandy Melville in Princeton’s historic Palmer Square has just been visited by something even stranger. A mysterious, pope-like figure appeared to float in the popular teen clothing store. When approached … Read More

by Photography by Frankie Solinsky Duryea and Alex Norbrook on November 16, 2025November 16, 2025

Shit in my blood

i was thinking about what’s in my blood and it’s mostly genetic stuff but also a wasteland if you’ve read T.S. Eliot so if you’re curious here’s not all just some of the shit in my blood:    55% plasma, … Read More

by Wendy Wang on November 8, 2025

Passenger Announcement in Progress

A soft chime. The PA system exhales with a crackle before speaking.  Good evening, passengers, and  welcome aboard Flight QTR955.  Please ensure your seatbelt is securely fastened.  Stow all carry-on  memories beneath the seat  or within overhead compartments.  Pack lightly … Read More

by Momo Sonoda on November 8, 2025

Moon, where are you?

On my birthday there was supposed to be a full moon and I’m sure there was under the clouds but I got out of bed to see it and couldn’t find it. I looked up on google where the moon … Read More

by Livia Shneider on November 8, 2025November 8, 2025

Jazz

We are in assembly. Voices intermingle with deep jazz that drips from speakers stationed all around the house. Something beneath my sternum vibrates silently. The lights are colder than I know you’d prefer.  But I’ve got candles  at home,  with … Read More

by Mira Schubert on November 8, 2025November 8, 2025

Letter to my cat (human nature)

A Nass writer wonders: how to live, how to be, and how to eat?

by Sasha Rotko on November 8, 2025November 8, 2025

Frog World

“Now, imagine you are a frog and you know that all your frog flesh and frog blood is shared with your frog brothers. What kind of frog would you be?”

by Matthew Picoult on November 8, 2025

Three Years in the Shadow of Gaza

The Maher family escaped death, but what does it mean to rebuild what they’ve lost?

by Samuel Kennedy on November 8, 2025

Epilogue

In August, you were real and unreal.  Lying on the floor in sticky heat, I wrote lines to you in my head, Crossed them out.   As summer slipped I sensed the shape of you in fever dreams. I told … Read More

by Sofia Cipriano on November 8, 2025


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