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The Hurricane by Camryn Smith

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I point my five-year-old finger towards the fish, asking my father about how it got there. He stands […]

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A Little Crow by Louis Gilbert

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For me it begins with a weekend of moving to a new house. Prioritising the unpacking of records […]

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The Snowballing of Mrs. O by Kase Johnstun

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“You snowballed me!” she said through tears. You betrayed me. You shamed me. You broke my heart. “You […]

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Crying is Pronounced Caoineadh in Gaelic by Kathleen McKitty Harris

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I’ve only seen my father cry a handful of times. There’s an immediate sense of betrayal in typing […]

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Atheism by Patrick Hackett

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Most of us have been there. You are at a party, glass of wine in hand. More often […]

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Lunch with Mom, 1990 by Anna Moore

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I was wearing a ribbed white tee shirt with a wide scoop neck and faded khaki pants with […]

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Things You Gave Me When You Left by John Christopher Nelson

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white nylon rope A text, that you had been killed as the passenger in a head-on collision. I […]

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Meromictic by Rosalind Reynolds-Grey

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At this present moment, I am a meromictic lake. My face is awash with saltwater sweat, indistinguishable to […]

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What We Humped in Newfane by Kiki Dy

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You are seven years old and have just gotten the training wheels removed from your pink huffy bicycle. […]

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God’s Will by James Patterson

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It’s early morning and the sound of heavy rain fills my room. The drumming on the tin roof […]

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