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October 18, 2007 Fiction

Inn

On a dare, Bonnie and I spent a night at the abandoned motel way out Jackson Road. At first it was fun. We lit candles and traded scary stories. We shined flashlights up from our chins

December 5, 2006 Fiction

Joseph’s Dilemma

Mary was born with a lead marble in her belly, distending her still umbilical navel. By the time she was fifteen, it was the size of a watermelon, curving her spine with its weight. She moved

November 21, 2005 archive / Fiction

How Other Countries Celebrate American Thanksgiving

Melissa Bell, Aaron Burch, Christopher Monks, Steven Seighman, Matthew Simmons

June 5, 2003 Fiction

I tried calling you earlier today but your roommate answered and said you weren’t there. I wanted to read a poem to you on your voicemail. I asked her if I could call back and she could let it ring. So I called back and had the page opened and ready to read from but your roommate answered again. Oh, sorry, she said. Wait ten minutes and call back, she said. I’ll be gone then and I won’t be able to answer the phone.

February 10, 0208 Fiction