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The 27th of January, 2017
by D. R. James
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
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by D. R. James
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
Milk Teeth
by Patricia Kaishian
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
Almost Early Spring
by D. R. James
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
Haunted
by kris tammer
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
Evocation
by Sravani Singampalli
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
Shhh
by Michael Smith
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
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Abandon All Hope, Ye Motherfuckers: It’s the Edge of the Known Bus Line
reviewed by Liz Kellebrew
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
It starts out just like any other workday. You board the bus in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, pay your fare, find a seat that isn’t too gross to sit in. The usual morning crowd is there: the Ass-Starer, Newspaper-Guy, and Napping-Woman. Everything’s fine until the pistol-packing …
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Preemies
by Sheldon Siporin
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
Jerome counted twelve infants, pressing their little pink snouts against the green tinted glass of the incubator. They were identical. “Damn. I guess I’m their father.” He grunted. The incubator made a beeping noise. A nurse stepped over. “What are you doing here?” Jerome …
Christmas, muted
by Alison Theresa Gibson
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
Christmas had followed the same routine for as long as Brianna could remember. The cherries with soft warm flesh, mince pies with a cup of tea to make their noses sweat, then grazing through a huge box of melting chocolates, their fingers sticky, …
Men at Work: Julie, an initiative circulator
by Robert Laughlin
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
I decided right away that I wasn’t going to be obnoxious. We’ve all seen those guys stationed at megamarts, standing behind trestle tables, cupping their hands and hawking their petitions to passersby. Last year I went shopping at Target, and one of them was right …
Psychiatry 101
by Holly Tri
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
The process of skinning a human being is similar to that of skinning any mammal. Of course, our goal is more medicinal, and therefore, we’ll be following the certain procedure that will be most beneficial to the patient. Remember, there may be more than one …
Dinner Party in Four Parts
by Maya Klein
Issue No. 255 ~ August, 2018
1: I’m seated with the men. One of them is about a year into his divorce, which is not yet final, and the quick ascent—the two-month frenzy in which he was all over the place, dropped a size and felt like this is finally living, …