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Strike by Andy Bailey
Strike By Andy Bailey “We’ll give you twenty-four hours to think about it,” Mom said as she handed me the sheet of demands. Her skin was dark, having absorbed three weeks worth of thick July sunlight,...
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Snapped by Bob Shar
Snapped By Bob Shar “Tell us a story, Uncle Dingus,” seven-year-old Reginald suggested. “Make it scary.” “Nooooo,” whined four-year-old Wilford. “You’ll give us a nightmare.” “Wuss,” scoffed the girl,...
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A Goal For Goals by Joseph Auslander Jr
A Goal for Goals By Joseph Auslander Jr. I find it’s nice to have goals. I have tons. I collect them. I used to have a rookie goal to be an Imagineer for Disney, but I traded that in 1999 for an...
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Waiting to Be Thin by Seenat Thongdee
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Flat Pack by Patrick Whittaker
Flat Pack by Patrick Whittaker On the morning of April 30th, Mr. Dwight T. Cooper of 19 Acacia Avenue unexpectedly received a large package. Why he signed for it without asking what it was or where it...
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Baby Bird by Suzanne Conboy-Hill
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Hassenlopf’s Stroke by Gary Cuba
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A Lift Back to Luscious by Susannah Carlson
A Lift Back to Luscious by Susannah Carlson “Le chien est retourné à son propre vomissement, et la truie lavée au bourbier.” (Henry V, Act V, Sc. 3) “I want pizza,” my stepson says from the backseat....
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Too Smart by Michael Haynes
Too Smart Michael Haynes I hit the send button, but instead of a little animation showing my text message being sent, my phone chirped. The digital assistant’s voice asked, “Are you sure you want to...
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And the Oscar Goes to Jail by Yaron Kaver
And the Oscar Goes to Jail by Yaron Kaver The lineup at the 109th was my first real gig. I could tell right away it was going to be different from anything I’d done before. For starters, the auditions...
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