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Things They Don’t Teach You, by Laura Gaddis
The following are things I didn’t learn during my birthing class: How you should maybe consider taking the birthing class well before...
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Dec 3, 20211 min read
Best Small Fictions Nominations 2021
We’re delighted to announce our nominations for The Best Small Fictions with Sonder Press. This lovely anthology features short fiction...
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Dec 1, 20213 min read
Love on a Reptile Planet, by Dawn Lowe
I didn’t mind being a mail-order bride. Even when I had to travel six years to meet Larry. Mr. Elon Musk himself put us in cold storage...
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Nov 14, 20211 min read
sunflowers, by McKenna Themm
I’ve learned to resonate with the small and empty space between the brush strokes that comprise the wilting leaves shadowed beneath...
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Nov 3, 20215 min read
Footnotes on the Poet, by Mary Grimm
The poet left many papers, and his cousin, who appointed himself his literary executor, separated them into plastic boxes bought at a...
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Oct 28, 20211 min read
Best Microfiction Nominations 2021
Literary anthology nomination season is in full swing, and we’re happy to announce our noms for Best Microfiction are: The Queen’s Eyes,...
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Oct 27, 20211 min read
Pushcart Nominations 2021
We’re excited to announce our 2021 nominations for the Pushcart Prize! Good luck to our talented writers. Nonfiction Crossroad, by Helena...
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Oct 27, 20213 min read
Lake Leavings, by Brinson Leigh Kresge
I. A three-year-old’s preamble: Let’s talk about ants. Ants can walk. Ants don’t have feet. Ants have feet...
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Oct 20, 20217 min read
Loyalty, by Judith Weckman
Maranda is twenty-five years old, has purple hair, a nose ring, and big blue glasses. She’s a trained opera singer, having graduated from...
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Oct 13, 20211 min read
Graphomania, by Taylor McGraw
Taylor McGraw is a multidisciplinary artist and writer. Her work is deeply rooted in the psychological concepts of pathology, object...
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Oct 6, 20213 min read
The Swing, by Jessamyn Violet
Willow Park was empty when she arrived. The thin strip of orange sunlight was melting at the bottom of deep blue. She stepped over an...
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Sep 22, 20211 min read
When You’re Old (IV), by Robert L. Penick
This world has outgrown us outpaced and outlasted us left us in the rear view mirror waved goodbye with a middle finger advised us our...
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Sep 13, 20215 min read
Liminal Spaces, by Gwendolin McCrea
The summer that I was seventeen, I worked for my uncle and aunt at their rustic cabin resort in northern Minnesota. They gave me my own...
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Sep 10, 20211 min read
PEN/Dau Award Nominations
We’re proud to announce our nominations for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. The PEN/Dau prize is one of our...
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Sep 10, 20211 min read
touch the sun, by McKenna Themm
This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...
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Sep 8, 20216 min read
In Kitchens We Trust, by Sarah Munn
Phone calls to the kitchen during service were a nuisance, so I was gruff when I answered. I regret that now. “Kitchen. Chef.” “Raych,...
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Sep 3, 20212 min read
All About the Kid Lit, by Lisa Cain
This post is part of 805's “My Home Library” series that features writers and artists enjoying their home libraries during the pandemic...
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Sep 2, 20211 min read
Best of the Net Nominations
We’re proud to announce our nominations for the Best of the Net Anthology. Good luck to this amazing group of talented writers and...
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Sep 1, 20212 min read
Leave a Message, by Thanh Dinh
When you say it like that, you make it so believable, I say. I can still remember the scenery. The sky is blue, the sunlight passes...
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