Excerpt From Jillian Lauren’s Everything You Ever Wanted
July 2, 2015
Prologue There are three kinds of daylight in Los Angeles. There is the midday light—flat and relentless. Usually partnered with…
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Ornithology by Connor Ferguson
June 13, 2015
The chock of the axe blow flew across the canyon and returned thinly to die at their feet. The jays…
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Paige, an Excerpt from Wedgewood by Emily Kathryn Utter
June 4, 2015
Paige sat up in bed, threw the duvet off her legs, and marched down the hall to the bathroom for…
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Hypertext Interview with Abigail Sheaffer of The Vignette Review
June 2, 2015
By Amy Crumbaugh Abigail Sheaffer cut her teeth as Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Chicago Literati, one of Chicago’s most popular…
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Next Stop by Eric Silvera
May 26, 2015
It was a time in their life when every period was a heartbreak. Their hurt recycled monthly. Hope, then reality.…
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Chicago City of Learning Young Author Playlist: Seeking Revenge
May 25, 2015
The following work is the result of an eight-week collaboration with The Chicago City of Learning Young Author Playlist and…
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Chicago City of Learning Young Author Playlist: BREAK OUT
May 24, 2015
The following work is the result of an eight-week collaboration with The Chicago City of Learning Young Author Playlist and…
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Chicago City of Learning Young Author Playlist: Dear Brother
May 23, 2015
The following work is the result of an eight-week collaboration with The Chicago City of Learning Young Author Playlist and…
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Annie’s Eyes by Chuck Kramer
May 22, 2015
The room was dark when I woke in a cold sweat, whispering her name, Annie. There was a cold dampness…
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Chicago City of Learning Young Author Playlist: The Train
May 21, 2015
The following work is the result of an eight-week collaboration with The Chicago City of Learning Young Author Playlist and…
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Chicago City of Learning Young Author Playlist: HERMELINDA
May 21, 2015
The following work is the result of an eight-week collaboration with The Chicago City of Learning Young Author Playlist and…
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Floating Not Drowning by Doug Whippo
May 19, 2015
It starts like this: she wakes me in the middle of the night and I feel the warmth of her…
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Neon Drive by Peter Eldritch
May 12, 2015
The rain streaked across the windows like tiny rivers that scattered the neon lights into an explosive kaleidoscope of impressive…
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Timeless Sustaining Fire by George L. Chieffet
May 7, 2015
They had come five hundred miles to meet strangers simply because Harry said it paid to patch things up. Typically,…
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Francine by Robert Iulo
May 5, 2015
Francine and I were never introduced. We always knew each other. We were the same age and lived on the…
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Hypertext Interview with Jessica Ceballos
May 2, 2015
By Paul Massignani Writ Large Press isn’t an indie press that prints a few books, sits back, and waits for…
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Excerpt from Losing in Gainesville by Brian Costello
April 30, 2015
TWO ON A FARTY Naw, dude, he had no idea the age of the nnnugget, Julianna, but she definitely wasn’t…
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Hypertext Interview with Brian Costello
April 28, 2015
By Christine Rice Brian Costello’s second novel, Losing in Gainesville (Curbside Splendor), packs every bit of that town’s drug-addled, alcohol-soaked…
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Hypertext Interview with Cyn Vargas
April 24, 2015
By Christine Rice Cyn Vargas writes fiercely and right on the edge of discovery.  She also has the ability to…
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Blackout by Josh Rank
April 23, 2015
The sun was high. The afternoons seemed to last for days in the middle of summer. That’s why it was…
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Flash Fiction from RESUME SPEED by Guinotte Wise
April 21, 2015
OLD ORDNANCE Crates. I’m hopeful that for my trouble, one arm tourniqueted with baling twine and useless for now, that…
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Excerpt from Memphis Movie by Corey Mesler
April 17, 2015
38. Eric came home to an empty house. He was too tired to worry about where his paramour was sleeping…
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Hypertext Interview with Corey Mesler
April 16, 2015
By Chelsea Laine Wells Memphis Movie, freshly released by Soft Skull press, is the latest book from prolific poet, novelist,…
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Flat Nose, Empty Head by Brontë Christopher Wieland
April 14, 2015
Sunny took a bullet to the head as we walked home from school. A stray. Straight outta left field, it…
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Young Writers Contest Third Place Fiction: Wings of Safety
April 10, 2015
By Noah Letscher The rain pattered on the city streets as a young woman struggled through the masses, the small…
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Young Writers Contest Third Place Creative Nonfiction: Unsung
April 10, 2015
BY KATHERINE DU My cousin Yijiang wanted to be Christian and a Marine, the first hot pot my grandfather ever…
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Young Writers Contest Second Place Creative Nonfiction: Skin Deep
April 9, 2015
BY CLAIRE SEYMOUR The Barbie’s hair is yellow, like dandelions were braided into the silky strands, and her eyes are…
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Young Writers Contest Second Place Fiction: Seven Days Later
April 9, 2015
By Patricia Tang Day One Life was black and white. But, for the first time in years, I finally see…
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Young Writers Contest First Place Creative Nonfiction: Contagion
April 8, 2015
BY KAIN KIM When I am seven and Ah-Rim is six, a new boy transfers to our homeroom. Half of…
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Young Writers Contest First Place Fiction: Duck and Cover
April 7, 2015
By Alexandra Spensley October 1962 Storms were no longer good for the hospital. One doctor or another would always mistake…
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