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Fiction

Maddy Baker

Busy Being Born

Your mother’s tight-lipped, anxious expression says that you have let her down. You weren’t the only one who had big dreams for yourself. Well, she’s let you down, too, and…

Fiction | November 2019 | By Lynn Knight


Anastasia Dulgier

Mama’s Little Helper

Lena and I have our routine down now. We are blobs of color bouncing and dancing in a lava lamp. We are in space, weightless, floating, floating up. We are…

Fiction | November 2019 | By LaToya Jordan


Lan Pham

Gut Roiling

I wonder if I should leave it here, or cast it into the sea. If I keep it, I must remind myself that once upon a time, she might have…

Fiction | September 2019 | By Taryn King


The author with his father.

Self Portrait With Dad

Dad steps closer to inspect the pictures, close enough that I can smell his espresso, distinguish the light and dark whiskers on his long, unshaven cheeks. As usual, he looks…

Fiction | June 2019 | By D. Brody Lipton


Photo by Kyle Ellefson. See more of Kyle's work at unsplash.com/@kylellefson.

Back to Spring

She pictures herself alone at a café table with an overpriced latte. She racks her brain for a necessary errand, comes up with nothing. Who will give her a reason,…

Fiction | May 2019 | By Julie Rosenzweig


Photo by Randy Fath. See more of Randy's work at unsplash.com/@randyfath.

Loss

I stand at the counter, blinking at the bright fluorescent overhead lights. The white cupboards; the fridge, still decorated with grainy gray and white ultrasound photos; ceramic mugs ringed with…

Fiction | April 2019 | By Megan Kathleen Hart


Masks

“Holy crap your feet are tiny, Mom!” he bellowed like a sultan, lording it over her, just like a man. There was a time he’ll never remember and she’ll never…

Fiction | February 2019 | By Arlaina Tibensky


Amid the Blur

The blueberry pound cake. Mel’s favorite. She could bake it for her again, another day. She might even tell Melanie what she’s been telling them all. Enjoy every moment of…

Fiction | February 2019 | By Shanti Chandrasekhar


Disagree to Disagree

“I disagree to disagree!” That was almost his parting line. The box he’d checked, filing for divorce, was “Irreconcilable differences.”

Fiction | January 2019 | By Michelle Ross and Kim Magowan


Before She Goes

Before she goes, she will make a list. Two lists, actually. The first list, to help her keep her courage, will be a list of reasons that they will be…

Fiction | January 2019 | By Briana Maley


Letdown

Ben wiggled himself free of his uterine hotel, evicted by a stream of contraction-causing drugs. So much for the “he’ll come when he’s ready” wisdom from my mother. Instead, “he’ll…

Fiction | December 2018 | By Rachel Mans McKenny


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