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“Close to the Fire” by Bill Kitcher

Posted on April 18, 2022

Jerry backed the ’68 Ford Fairlane into a driveway, then jammed it into Drive, and stomped on the accelerator. The tires squealed and he crossed the road, went up a […]

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Nominations and Internships

Posted on April 6, 2022

Hello folks! It’s Matthew. It’s been a while since I’ve made an announcement, I know. You may have noticed that we put Searching for The Cottingley Fairies on our banner. […]

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“Indistinguishable” by Kenton K. Yee

Posted on March 14, 2022

When I was in eighth grade, Dad started feeling “neither here nor there.” The harder he tried to relax, the more violently he’d jitter. The only way he could stop […]

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“One Learns Ruthlessly” by Lydia Storm

Posted on October 25, 2021

“And I learned, gentlemen. Alas, one learns when one has to. One learns when one wants a way out. One learns ruthlessly.” —Franz Kafka, “A Report for an Academy” Dear […]

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The Metaworker Podcast – Meditations on Water by Stella Meadows

Posted on July 28, 2021

Episode Description: Editors Matthew, Elena, and Melissa talk to Stella Meadows about her brilliant nonfiction (as well as what makes brilliant nonfiction in general), identity, introspection, LGBT+ representation in art, […]

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“Diadem for the End of the World” by Randi Sanders

Posted on May 10, 2021

Seven billion was the end predicted by that movie where the population was fed on a questionable combination of soy, lentils, and plankton that wasn’t really plankton because we needed […]

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“The Donkey Saint” by Carl Fuerst

Posted on April 16, 2021

When Emil was in Youth Brigade, his labor unit was relocated to a region called “Janesville Wisconsin.” The territory had already been processed by a dozen salvage teams and Emil’s […]

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“A Wounded Sky” by Andrew Johnston

Posted on March 29, 2021

The sky’s been running down my walls for the last week, just these weird regal purple trickles of oily space that squirm their way down any surface that can hold […]

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“Nigh” by Scott Mitchel May

Posted on September 14, 2020

Harvey Olsen never had any interest in surviving any kind of apocalypse — not zombie, not viral, and certainly not nuclear. He honestly did not understand those who did. All […]

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“These fragments I have shored against my ruins” by Jie Wang

Posted on August 24, 2020

We are all doomed to lose everything. I’ve lost three fingers, one arm, one eye. I’ve lost my family, my childhood home, my native tongue. I’m getting better and better […]

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Excerpt From “We Three Kings” by D.M. Rice

Posted on April 23, 2018

  D.M. Rice is a non-binary writer from Dallas, TX whose work has been featured in the Aletheia Journal, Sybil, The Bandit Zine, and the anthologies Rec*og*nize, Nameless Woman, Kill Line, and […]

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“The Confession of the Watcher at the Bell” by K.A. Liedel

Posted on September 25, 2017

The peace inside the giant glass bell is almost always short-lived. Soon the translucent, riblike curves will spark with electric-blue orbs, followed by clouds of glittering cosmic dust, followed again […]

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“The Death of Paul Shephard” by Kristoffer Newsom

Posted on July 17, 2017

They rode together in silence for some time, the old man and the young one. Paul looked out the window, his blue eyes cloudy with cateracts, his vision clouded with […]

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