Meat and Dairy by Rebecca Evans
August 9, 2022
I roam my home and sit with ghosts, one ghost in particular. I roam with my perfect-man ghost and think…
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Friends in Reverse Orbit by Tim Bascom
August 9, 2022
2018: Daniel takes Cathleen and me to the Haudenosaunee reserve near where he and Wendy live in Hamilton, Ontario—to see…
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Creative Nonfiction by Judith Fetterley
August 9, 2022
CRICKS, CRAWDADS, COWS, AND CORNFIELDS I am trying to tell him why I don’t mind summers that are hot and…
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Fragility by Dylan Emmons
August 9, 2022
The moment I almost lost it, I was in a friend’s kitchen, one in the morning. The soupy light left…
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Our Seasons by Lisa C. Peterson
August 9, 2022
SPRING In springtime, when the first daffodil pushes its yellow head from brown soil, an airiness rises from my core…
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Hello Button by Gal McMahon
August 9, 2022
I am on the airplane. I am in my special seat, near the bathroom. I love the airplane bathroom because…
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Slowly, Then All At Once by Laura Dobbs
August 9, 2022
It’s evening at the end of December, in that week between holidays where the days blur together and the wonder…
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Apartment Complex by Christopher Chambers
August 9, 2022
1. He often dreams of buildings and sometimes he finds himself thinking about all of the apartments he has known,…
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The Gospel According to Spinoza Jones by Peter Ferry
August 9, 2022
People liked To look at Spinoza although he was not handsome or beautiful as some men can be. You might…
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In The Bag by Jennifer Wang
August 9, 2022
Alice had not wanted help, but at this point she needed to talk to someone. Using her old purse, Alice…
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Filth by Verity McKay
August 9, 2022
One evening, my wife shed her marigolds and decided she’d had enough. “I can’t do it anymore,” she said. “I…
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Feeding the Flock by Sarah Starr Murphy
August 9, 2022
In the first light of dawn, Milena thought they were black garbage bags, twisted by the wind into the bare…
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Dreams & Memories by Gemini Wahhaj
August 9, 2022
Three friends met at a house in Katy, Houston. They had been classmates at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and…
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Now Nothing by Bruce Johnson
August 9, 2022
I wanted to say, wanted to insist, that I was a good man. I was three drinks drunk on a…
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True Stories by Mary Morris
August 9, 2022
Of all the stories my father used to tell before he left us, my favorite was the one about the…
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Sources Familiar With The Matter by C.D. Lewis
August 9, 2022
“Where did I find you?” Simon asks me in the midday weekend light, as we lie still inhaling and exhaling…
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Suzie by Gail Wallace Bozzano
August 9, 2022
Through the living room window, Marilyn watches her two-year-old pedal her tricycle down the sidewalk, past the front yard. Suzie’s…
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Excerpt: Giano Cromley’s THE PRINCE OF INFINITE SPACE
July 29, 2022
By Giano Cromley I open my eyes and experience a lovely moment of short-term amnesia. A second later, I’m struck…
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One Question: Giano Cromley
July 29, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked Giano Cromley, author of The Prince of Infinite Space, “Is this a YA novel?” By Giano Cromley…
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Excerpt: Aimee Parkison’s SUBURBAN DEATH PROJECT
July 23, 2022
By Aimee Parkison The Mushroom Suit When my young husband died unexpectedly, I wanted to find the perfect coffin for…
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July 23, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked Aimee Parkison, author of Suburban Death Project, “Why did you decide to title your story collection Suburban…
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Excerpt: Jackson Bliss’ DREAM POP ORIGAMI
July 8, 2022
By Jackson Bliss When Home is Not a Verb Chart 1. In 2007, I went back to Traverse City to…
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Hypertext Magazine asked Jackson Bliss, author of Dream Pop Origami, “How did you come up with the idea for Dream…
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Birds of Honolulu by Jaimee Wriston Colbert
July 5, 2022
It was a bright day, unusually warm for Nuuanu. We were perched on a rock over the stream smoking a…
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Dislocation and Sherbet Glow: An Interview With Alex Poppe
June 16, 2022
By Jael Montellano The sound crackled down my grandparents’ skylit stairway to me, then a child listening to cascañuelas chirping…
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Excerpt: Angelique Pesce’s AMERICAN PASTIME
June 10, 2022
By Angelique Pesce Adam stops in front of Yankee Stadium– a towering circular ancient dinosaur, erected to celebrate baseball, America’s…
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June 10, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked Angelique Pesce, author of American Pastime, “What made you want to write American Pastime?” By Angelique Pesce…
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Excerpt: William Grant’s WITH YOUR FRIENDS
May 27, 2022
By William Grant Ryan ran his fingertips across the wall, tracing the letters and words. He sat on the floor…
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May 27, 2022
Hypertext Magazine asked William Grant, author of with your friends, “One of the things at the core of your novel…
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Excerpt: Umar Turaki’s SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING TO BEHOLD
May 13, 2022
By Umar Turaki DUNKA The Grey-ridden neighbor, Nana Ritdirnen, licked her lips and parted them to continue speaking. Dunka sat…
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