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April 14, 2026 | Fiction

Palm Springs

Judy Thorn

When I came of age, the rules were a little different. We were all facing the same battle back then, so it didn’t matter as much what labels we used for each other.

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Five Bucks photo

April 13, 2026 | Nonfiction

Five Bucks

Sylvia Math

Rude Guy tortured me. I would go over to his house in ridiculously slutty outfits, and he would only open his door a crack, and give me a poetry quiz. Then he would let me in, but still not fuck me!

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April 12, 2026 | fucked up modern love essays

Cool It

E.F. Flynn

The snow is falling in big chunks, disguising the somber gray of the neighborhood I hate, Bushwick. I thought it’d grow on me by now, our second winter here; it hasn’t. On the street below is a bright

Recently Divorced and Ready to be Influenced photo

April 10, 2026 | Fiction

Recently Divorced and Ready to be Influenced

Mallory Smart

She was about three weeks into the East Hollywood apartment just a few blocks away south of Thai Town, which meant she was three weeks into a new life where the most consistent relationship she was

April 9, 2026 | Fiction

Incel

Tom Miller

Do you do sexting sessions at all? he commented under a photo. He scrolled on, rubbing his crotch, the malaise placated but still lurking on the horizon.

DING!

April 7, 2026 | Poetry

Aura Painting: 2 Poems

Spencer Hoffman

cadillac blue and sprite can green

April 7, 2026 | Fiction

Bottled boat terrarium

Sivan Lavie

Key moments of our togetherness keep flashing before my eyes, lingering there.

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Exit, Carefully

Elizabeth Ellen

"I loved reading Exit, Carefully. It’s unusual, and in my opinion exciting, to publish a play without previously receiving a major production."

                      -Walker Caplan, Lithub

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Miss Unity

I thought I was unhappy as a man. Turns out I was just unhappy…