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Stories

Fiction
Vera
by Carol Edgarian
Morie Johnson was successful. I am not a hooker. I am only a thief.
Fiction
Vieques
by Kevin A. González
“No, no,” we say. “We’re fine! Really! We love things just the way they are!”
Fiction
Visible Empire
by Hannah Pittard
“You mean to fall in love with your wife while I’m gone,” she said.
Fiction
When the Flock Changed
by Maud Newton
She had yellow cat eyes that she insisted were also blond.
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Where Birds Do Not Fly
by Taryn Browne
Louise watched from the shadow. She was looking for somewhere to land.
Fiction
White Houses
by Amy Bloom
I open the door and Eleanor is leaning against the wall, paper white.
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Story of the Week
Wife 22
by Melanie Gideon
We’re stuck floating around on the surface of our lives like kids in a pool.
Fiction
Winter’s Gate
by Shann Ray
He begrudged how money poured through her hands like water.
Story of the Week
Wise as Serpents
by Upton Sinclair
The Nazis are training some of their storm-troopers here in America.
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Fiction
You Are Welcome Here
by Charlie Smith
The damn dog has been brainwashed. He doesn’t know
us anymore.
Fiction
You Deserve Nothing
by Alexander Maksik
There were classes where you became a family. It was a kind of love affair.
Fiction
You, or Someone Like You
by Chandler Burr
I’ve got my hands around the man’s legs when I notice the blood.