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June 17, 2026 | Nonfiction

Field Notes from Futility’s Fangirl: Wherein She Constructs a Pillow-Talk Horrormance with an Alleyway Phantom. Again.

Katie King

Dash wore a jean jacket. He’s been wearing the same one for 15 years. The one in his Tinder picture. Dash, 29, one mile away. He sent me a screenshot of that, even though I had gone off online dating.

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June 16, 2026 | Fiction

One Big Slutty Problem

Elliott Gorath

“Nice? Becca threw a drink in a guy's face for touching her ass last night, and you missed it because you were off talking to a nice guy?” She used air quotes around the word nice.

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June 15, 2026 | Fiction

Bimbo Royalty

Ava Hennen

Jimmy was dead, and I had slept with all of the eligible coworkers.

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June 14, 2026 | Rejected Modern Love Essay

The shimmering, the shattering, the body held

Samantha Harvey

I give them all a careful look and say things like, “Oooh, this is an extra special egg.”