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March 16, 2026 | Fiction

The Slamming Screen Door

Whittney Teague

I was beginning to understand that when Nana said family protects family at any cost, she meant any cost.

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March 15, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

You're Not a Lesbian, You Just Want to Be One

Liss Hansen

I want you to see me ignoring you.

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March 13, 2026 | Nonfiction

In Like a Lamb

Nathan St Onge

My last few nights at Will’s house were strained but also pleasant. I consciously wanted to love him. And I did, in a way, but I was drifting.

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March 12, 2026 | Poetry

Guardian angel.

Jatin Sharma

The terrains alien, the people / Extra terrestrial / Make sense do not.

March 11, 2026 | Nonfiction

On Emma Goldman's Revolution

Matti Ben-Lev

Punishments:

—deprivation of recreation

—bread and water diet

—48-hour dungeon stays; no bed, no food, no lights

March 10, 2026 | Poetry

Three Poems

Steve Gergley

My wife and I run around the tables in our moisture-wicking workout clothes for the entire 177-minute runtime of the masterful, twenty-nine-track album.

March 9, 2026 | Nonfiction

How to Get Exiled From Canada (a true story from 2011)

Scott Laudati

This was my chance! I moved to the seat in front of her and we lay across our seats and laughed together like a yin-yang necklace coming back together.

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