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Jack and Jill’s Final Adventure, by Epiphany Ferrell
They hadn’t told anyone about Jack’s cancer. Not officially. Jill had known. Of course. She was there when he got the call, there to see...
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Oct 14, 20222 min read
Hula, by Heidi Turner
There’s nothing inside my coconut bra but the tourists don’t need to know that. They watch my hips, and the men grab their wives’ hands...
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Sep 24, 20223 min read
Vacation, by Miranda Williams
My husband slips under the waves and never comes back up. I watch the tide claim his balding head from my beach towel. The aquamarine...
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Aug 1, 20221 min read
Natalie at the Beach, by Florence Murry
Sunbathers soak in blasted brilliance. Umbrellas on the shore a kaleidoscope canopy. We unpack close to the break feel spray on our...
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Jul 24, 20222 min read
Someone's Someone, by Ashley Sgro
Jacket: on. Boots: laced and tight. Sweatshirt and sweatpants: saggy for loose maneuvering. I’m on the midnight prowl. I’ll start on...
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Jul 6, 20221 min read
cities, by Ritoshree Chatterjee
i have gathered bits of skin and memory and have packed myself in Tupperware to a city whose name only birds have heard at my hometown in...
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Jun 22, 20229 min read
Miranda’s Child, by Louise Wilford
“O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! A brave vessel, Who had, no doubt, some noble creatures in her, Dash'd all to...
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Jun 19, 20227 min read
We Talk about the Wind, by Alexis David
The cat tails loft upward, moving in the breeze. This a place of light, where we are made of light, where we float on water.
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Jun 13, 20221 min read
tsuki ga kirei desu ne, by Yashika Doshi
The sun has let go for the moon to begin surfacing,
as the multitude of colours erupt in the sky,
you curl your fingers and lace them in min
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Feb 14, 20225 min read
Moonshadow, by Barbara Long
Melba held the moon in her hand, caressing it gently, opening and closing her palm around the silvery sheen. It often slipped in through...
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Jan 5, 20223 min read
Ten Biographies, by Christa King
-1- She is the oldest of seven children and the mother of one. She and her next sister were born in Pratt, Kansas. Her family moved to...
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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 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 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 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
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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