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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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He Bit Me at Salesforce Tower by Elsa Givan

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I’m on the train going to see Him after work on a Wednesday. It’s one of the new […]

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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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Carnage by Marie Manilla

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Trash is heaped up in alleys, at the ends of driveways: bones of Christmas boxes, turkey carcasses racoons […]

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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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The Man in White Underwear Thinks I’m Crazy by Cynthia Gralla

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Whenever I imagine my father, he’s almost naked. For three years after my parents divorced, I spent every […]

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At My Grandparents House by Dinos Gregoriou

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It was hot that day and the dirt was so dry it crunched under the soles of my […]

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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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