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Backs by Ira Brooker

“I like your stretch marks,” she says, crisscrossing the space between my shoulder blades with a chilly fingertip. The marks…

Pickled Babies by Eliza Fogel

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Gout by Matt Martin

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The Green Scene by April Newman

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Iowa Wedding by April Newman

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Ethical Hunting by Daniel Prazer

With five minutes before sundown, a whitetail doe stepped into the lane that separated hardwood forest from apple orchard. She…

Penis Breath by Robert Duffer

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