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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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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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Jun 9, 20212 min read

Gracie's Gift, by Lindsey Morrison Grant

I did not have any kinship with plants of any kind growing up. My experience was all vicarious. I was envious of my grandmother's ability...

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Apr 21, 20211 min read

Bruised Mother, by Ashley Kirkland

topless in the grey light of the master bath, accompanied by store-bought seashells and soaps, a painting of dune grass, remember how we...

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Feb 3, 20212 min read

Boy Lazarus, by Taylor Leigh Harper

Tell me who raised you again, dusted dirt off your saffron-soured bones? After your resurrection, you smelled of peat moss, dirty socks,...

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Dec 30, 20201 min read

We Shredded Books on the Library Floor, by Neil Kennedy

We shredded books on the library floor. I felt like committing an awful sin. I wanted something I couldn’t ask for and tore the...