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Apocalypse (Maybe Not) Now?
“At some point lightning flashed big and bold across the sky. It was the first time in forever that the sky was anything other than that neverendin’ black, and I had to close my eyes to keep from being blinded.”
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Rangoli
“Though he never explicitly mentioned his mother to her, they both knew it was who he was pondering when he smelt her.”
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Yesterday’s Coffee
“The first time I saw the house for itself—not as the house two doors down, but as the house that could be parent’s—was the estate sale. Here, the relics of a life.”
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My Month on Meat
“Don’t you think that things can be made special by being indescribable? That there’s a certain divinity in that?”
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I Sit, Soulless
“The East Coast rain—an element that had nourished my roots and sprung me into being—suddenly felt heavy. I was no longer wet behind the ears.”
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The Joke
“Duty spun at the center of Dan’s being. In ancient times, he would have carried Juno across the river, and parted the seas if it meant that one girl with chemically shedding blonde hair would get to live out a childish marriage fantasy.”
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Say It Like You Mean It With Your Fists for Once
A Nass writer says it like he means it with his fists for once
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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.”
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Old Friend
“There might still be a picture of me and Sam on his fridge from that year. We’re wearing red caps, all smiles, and holding autographed baseballs in clear plastic cubes.”
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La Jolie Sorcière
“As my eyes traced the fabric on the seat, I wondered what bébé Claude would think if he knew we were mingling with his murderer.”
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