Picks of the Month
April
just deserts
I wander beside the desert unfurling like a sea of chrysanthemum petals wondering, Do fish swim under those diminishing curves? For sure, there are...
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March
Martha-The Rewrite Chapter One
I shall not surrender to a sauce. I will not be held against my will by the shapeshifting of a poxy roux. I shall beat thee with my kitchen sticks...
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February
The Opposite of Love
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There You Are
Moloney set off northwards again, up Steever Hill, which was by all accounts a much easier hill to ascend, with numerous paths running down it like...
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January
To a Lone Sailor
'...sail steady, sail always, sail true.'
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My father’s bones
When my father died, I asked for the body and they put it in a bag. It was a lot heavier than I thought; I had imagined a certain weight, I had scoped it out in my mind, but for some reason it turned out to be much heavier.
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December
Because Of The Color (Short Story)
I am standing on the corner of Main and Second when I suddenly become self-conscious of my sweater.
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The Goodbye
No smile or words. Rigid, unyielding, for that last photograph. His arm, slack, around my shoulder. I turn from the shot. Hide my tears, knowing he...
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