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MONSTER MONSTER MONSTER by Leigh Chadwick

MONSTER MONSTER MONSTER by Leigh Chadwick

July 2, 2022  ·  Fiction
What your therapist doesn’t realize, you want to tell him, is that any length of loneliness is too long.
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WASTE NOT WANT NOT by Steve Anwyll

WASTE NOT WANT NOT by Steve Anwyll

July 1, 2022  ·  Fiction
A gust of wind blows me forward. The storm follows me in through the door. The snow swirls at my feet. I laugh like a madman as I slip on the slick tiles.
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THE SIXTH PSYCHIATRIST by Richard Goodwin

THE SIXTH PSYCHIATRIST by Richard Goodwin

June 24, 2022  ·  Fiction
The sixth psychiatrist was a young guy with tattoos and piercings and scruffy hair dyed the color of an Irish setter.
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ULTRAVIOLET by Derek Fisher

ULTRAVIOLET by Derek Fisher

June 22, 2022  ·  Fiction
I have used meter-long glass tubes to settle debts twice both times swiped from the quote unquote office both times drew blood one time got my money back
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PARTY AT MUM’S HOUSE by Rupert Taylor

PARTY AT MUM’S HOUSE by Rupert Taylor

June 20, 2022  ·  Fiction
Some girl chugged a flask of vodka, passed out, and puked up what looked like spaghetti bolognese.
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A GOLFER’S PRIDE by Calvin Atwood

A GOLFER’S PRIDE by Calvin Atwood

June 17, 2022  ·  Fiction
During our very first conversation, Erik told me that he liked his blow jobs fast, and he once fucked a hooker in a Detroit airport bathroom.
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HOW TO TELL A LOVE STORY by Wendy BooydeGraaff

HOW TO TELL A LOVE STORY by Wendy BooydeGraaff

June 15, 2022  ·  Fiction
These two are not young, not rom-com blow-dried and fresh. One of them has an eye with a filmy sheath over the iris, and the eye also wanders, preventing the long lovers’ gaze.
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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS by C. Beston

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS by C. Beston

June 13, 2022  ·  Fiction
My husband lost the finger in a card game, then his hosts kept it and bequeathed it to your institution.
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OUR LADY COMFORTER OF THE AFFLICTED by Diana Kole

OUR LADY COMFORTER OF THE AFFLICTED by Diana Kole

June 10, 2022  ·  Fiction
I watched a moth crawl toward me on the concrete. One of its wings was damaged; I had a strong impulse to crush it with my boot.
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THE SHARKS TOOK THE REST by Dana Diehl

THE SHARKS TOOK THE REST by Dana Diehl

June 8, 2022  ·  Fiction
Killing a shark is always personal. The shark ate your wife. The shark ate your son.
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