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He Liked to Think He Was an Island

He often liked to think that he was an island, oceans away from the troglodytes of the continent…

by Preston Dangremond on February 14, 2016February 14, 2016

Brief Interviews with Terrified Men

“Well, look here. Your grandma started out with a neurologist at Sound Shore. An older gentleman by now, recommended, respected, you know what I’m saying to you. She gets dizzy sometimes. Dad tells you when she goes to the hospital.”

by Josh Pitkoff on September 28, 2013July 21, 2017

Signs of Damage

“He looked nice, shy. She didn’t say hello, or smile, because despite her costume—a lace trimmed slip and her grandmother’s pearl choker—she didn’t care much that day.”

by Laila Hartman-Sigall on March 28, 2025

Fugue on the Theme of a Name

“He noticed his own language was becoming violently metaphoric. The unseen power of this landscape awakened his mind to un-apprehended combinations of thoughts.”

by Kelsey Wang on April 11, 2024April 11, 2024

Lower East Side

“In line with his nature, he broke up with me too politely.”

by Violet Marmur on December 8, 2019December 8, 2019

All In

“Then she got a glass of water, because really, it was almost 8:45 AM, she must be thirsty by now, and hydration is very important.”

by Lara Katz on March 27, 2022March 27, 2022

Jane’s Addiction

“She saw eyes that enjoyed staring, ears that indulged in eavesdropping, and a mind that ruthlessly analyzed what her senses discerned. She saw hands that took these findings and selected food accordingly, cut food accordingly, chewed food accordingly.”

by Ceci McWilliams on November 13, 2022

Dolores, Part I

Doña Dolores was a wretched woman.

by Oscar Mahoney on October 2, 2016October 2, 2016

Rangoli

“Though he never explicitly mentioned his mother to her, they both knew it was who he was pondering when he smelt her.”

by Shravan Suriyanarayanan on October 3, 2024October 6, 2024

The Turtle

The Nass enters the wide world of surrealist fiction.

by BT Hayes on April 25, 2021April 24, 2021

Antibody

“Disconnecting from my warring fingers, I hang in a space that belongs to neither fingers nor eyes.”

by Abigail Glickman on December 8, 2019December 8, 2019

Welcome to WolfWorld

There’s only wolves and people left.

by Samuel Bollen on October 24, 2016


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