o’s Story by Sylvia Foley
February 1, 2017
There was not much call for o’s that winter. The District Capital had declared the past tense passé; the people…
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Skip Tangents by Richard Rutherford
January 31, 2017
After a summer rain, the brush sends out scents. There is no wafting vapor, no subtle suggestion. These fragrances are…
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Flash Fiction by Zac Locke
January 27, 2017
Consulting: Parts I – IV I.  My supervisor at Envencerate was an avid golfer—he wore khakis and polo shirts emblazoned…
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Roses by Jessica R. Santillan
January 24, 2017
The three siblings walk alongside the rows of roses, a Technicolor display of reds, yellows, pinks, whites. They just moved…
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Flash Fiction By Jennifer Williams
January 23, 2017
BE MINE He shows up after bedtime and leaves before dawn. It’s not callousness; he does so at her request,…
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A Eulogy for David Vang, 1993-1997 by Brett Biebel
January 20, 2017
There was no time to teach him all the secrets, to pass him the story quilt and watch that toddler…
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Enterprises And by Michael Onofrey
January 19, 2017
A desk, a few filing cabinets and a half dozen folding chairs constituted furniture, all of it gray and mostly…
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Neighborhood Patrol by Scott Cannon
January 18, 2017
R.D. McCalman was damned if he would sit by and watch his neighborhood go to hell just because the city…
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But For Now, This by Lisa Gordon
January 13, 2017
We’re walking by one of those Asian markets, with the fruits and colorful boxes and that smell I can never…
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Excerpt from NEON GREEN
January 12, 2017
By Margaret Wappler When the spaceship landed in the backyard at exactly 8:57 p.m. on August eighteenth, seven days after…
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Hypertext Interview with Margaret Wappler
January 11, 2017
By Christine Rice A few chapters into Margaret Wappler’s surreal (and, at the same time, totally realistic) novel, Neon Green,…
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The Teacher Who Told Stories by Bill Pruitt
January 10, 2017
They were about a dozen teenagers newly arrived in America, they were from Honduras, Ukraine, Mexico, Moldova, Vietnam, Poland. As…
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ONE QUESTION: Anne Marie Ameri
January 9, 2017
HYPERTEXT MAGAZINE ASKED ANNE MARIE AMERI, AUTHOR OF AWAKENING THE SLEEPING TIGER WITHIN: BREAKING THE POWER OF MAINSTREAM MEDIA’S PORTRAYAL…
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Flash Fiction by Dylan Pyles
January 6, 2017
Four-Headed Monster A waft of minty tobacco makes its way down the bleachers and into my nose. A dad packs…
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Midnight Snack by Samuel Levy
January 5, 2017
Miriam I’m on top of a train. It’s a freight train being dragged along an endless railroad, and it’s going…
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Valerie Will Fuck You Up by Emma Mascarenhas
January 3, 2017
That wasn’t actually what he said. What he actually said was, “Valerie will screw you up,” because he was the…
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One and One by Josh Rank
December 28, 2016
It was colder in the back room than the lobby. It could have been the absence of sunlight, the vent…
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Nowhere is Home by Peter Eldritch
December 26, 2016
This place is dark and full of blues; the air is thick with smoke and ruin. How did I get…
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Adamantine by Aaron Emmel
December 22, 2016
When the Ford F-150’s tires rattled over the cattle guard the memories hit her all at once and Samantha had…
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Our Journey by Will Grant
December 21, 2016
My best friend Amber broke down in tears in a bar on election night. We sat in a dark corner…
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Roger The Dodger by Patricia Ann McNair
December 20, 2016
Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have…
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Before the Bay by Drew Buxton
December 16, 2016
It felt like someone had reached inside Trent and was holding his stomach with a big hand, not really squeezing,…
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A Call To Artists by Zoe Raines
December 6, 2016
The face of the revolution wears masks. Plastic masks with glittery swirls, Plague Doctor masks with the long Venetian beak-noses,…
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Same Boat by Ashley Sgro
December 5, 2016
Melissa has a canopied bed and a wooden floor. “You’re not this quiet at home, are you?” she asks. “No,”…
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Mr. Stinkysocks by Arthur Davis
December 2, 2016
Strange how easily you can forget who you are and where you came from. Even stranger, how assuredly you can…
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Impossible Is Nothing: Visual Art by Priscilla Briggs
November 29, 2016
By Priscilla Briggs The following photographs, from Impossible Is Nothing, focus on constructed realities within contemporary China as they relate…
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Time, and Time Again by Chris Campanioni
November 22, 2016
We take the Subte two stops on the blue line and ascend on foot through San Telmo, the cobblestone streets.…
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SAFETY PINS
November 22, 2016
  Porter, Brooklyn
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SAFETY PINS
November 18, 2016
We asked teachers and parents to submit writing from young people in response to the recent presidential election. Here are…
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Excerpt from Jaimee Wriston Colbert’s WILD THINGS
November 9, 2016
Previously published in Natural Bridge Erosion 2008 Marty the shoes guy assures me he likes it rough. So hit me!…
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