COLD UNION

February 8, 2019
Facebook Threads Mastodon Bluesky Cold Union Karen Halvorsen Schreck Goodlove, Illinois 1864 In the bay window overlooking the frozen lawn,…
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February 7, 2019
Facebook Threads Mastodon Bluesky Where to Put My Hands By M Lynx Qualey People will never understand my friendship with…
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A Seagull that Can See the Sea by Megan Sungyoon

February 5, 2019
이렇게 작게만 느껴질 때는 몬트리올에 가자 어떤 바다에 가자 갈매기를 보자 When you feel so small, let’s go to Montreal.…
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February 4, 2019
Your Best Friend’s Father By Ola Faleti The first time you have sex with your best friend’s father is no…
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January 31, 2019
What Happened to FB? By Juan Martinez I’m not the right person to tell FB’s story, but I waited a…
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January 30, 2019
The Complexion of the Game By Nancy Ford Dugan Jill was slowly changing out of her business suit. She was…
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Excerpt: Christy Stillwell’s THE WOLF TONE

January 24, 2019
Eva was at the stove, buttering bread next to a fry pan for grilled cheese. She eyed them. “Did you…
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Excerpt: Adam Kovac’s THE SURGE

January 22, 2019
They fanned out and followed Reed through the field. Halfway across, Chandler swatted a large insect that flew by his…
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Coursing by B. Metzger Sampson

December 21, 2018
I use my hands to learn my creature, the shape of thingsbecoming. I petition her in flicks of the wrist.…
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Excerpt: Madeleine Kunin’s COMING OF AGE: MY JOURNEY TO THE EIGHTIES

December 17, 2018
By Madeleine Kunin FAT BACKS I notice other women’s backs in the swimming pool, some mottled with bean-size freckles that…
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December 13, 2018
Calving By Bridget Apfeld It had been her cousin Laurie who’d taught her. Laurie sixteen, she eleven. Jessie conscious of…
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The Hidden People by Anne-Marie Oomen

December 6, 2018
The rune Fe = Wealth In Nordurardalur, one of Iceland’s northernmost regions, my beloved David and I drive from the…
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Strength in Numbers: Sicilian Women on the Front Line by Anne Calcagno

December 5, 2018
Mom slumped, largely out of it, occasionally jolting up. She now blinked at the two large men laboriously, excruciatingly, hoisting…
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One Question: Hosho McCreesh

December 4, 2018
Hypertext Magazine asked Hosho McCreesh, author of “Chinese Gucci,” “Why did you choose to make your protagonist so abrasive?” The…
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November 27, 2018
How Long Will It Take Us to Get to the Water By Barrie Jean Borich Lake Michigan is churning. Not…
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The One I Hold On To by DeLon Howell

November 26, 2018
It has been many years since I played son to my father. Most of my life since the word Daddy…
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Excerpt: Terry Watkins’s DARLING GIRL

October 16, 2018
Chapter One 1957 — Gone I am five years old the first time my mama goes away. Gramma stands in…
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Excerpt: Barbara Monier’s PUSHING THE RIVER

October 15, 2018
“I never did this, Maddie, not with any of my four,” Billie said. “Maybe you can help her out.” And…
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Excerpt: Chaya Bhuvaneswar’s WHITE DANCING ELEPHANTS

October 9, 2018
Neela: Bhopal, 1984 You always trusted the forest. Here, danger can be seen and is known. The floor is layered…
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Excerpt: Chris Campanioni’s DRIFT

September 28, 2018
Nobody My name is Nadié and I am nineteen years old but my agency tells clients I’m sixteen—that I, in…
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