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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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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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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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Dog is God by Daniel Kearney

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The dog didn’t want to go with the man. I could hear him trying to be friendly, trying […]

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The Marmoset on Johnny’s Head by Dave Sanfacon

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My dad was a quiet man. So quiet, in fact, that as a young boy I don’t remember […]

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Heatwave by Robert West

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I was eleven and Chris was twelve. Taking the lead, he squeezed through a gap in the fence […]

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