Fiction
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"The Beautiful Gate"
by Zary Fekete
“That’s the thing that sticks. The guilt isn’t in giving…it’s in how easy it was.”
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"Remembered Sleeps"
by Dan Berick
“There is not a single movement, no sound. I know that I am viewing my dead self.”
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"Hubris"
by Katie McHugh
“The potential was so tangible I could weave it from shadows. The monster drooling beneath my bed, the love interest napping peacefully atop the frame, the hero—who looked so much like myself—grinning at me from the mirror.”
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"Heart Less"
by Jessie Atkin
“All that is required is a retina scan and a thumb print and a, “please have a seat in the waiting room,” message flashes across the screen along with a registration number.”
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"Seven of Swords"
by Svetlana Tomlin
“Luck should turn for Capricorns that week, the Sun loves the Virgos, and the Moon takes pity on the Pisces, despite whatever they messed up. Arises are all bitches though, so they shouldn’t make any financial decisions on account of not deserving either a little treat or a big one.”
Death of Legions
by Alexei Raymond
“He delivers death to legions—whence, he does not know, and why never crosses his mind.”
Vicious Fishes
by Daniel Ruefman
“Two days after Dovishaw went missing, Tony Banister’s third grade class lined up on the bridge over the spillway along the southern shore of Lake Guyasuta.”
Article Forty-Three
by James Morena
“Mayumi took a deep breath, removed her breathing mask, checked the remaining credits on her must-wear government-issued oxygen mask: only a few hours left.”
Stella Moriens
by Faraz Rezai
“Perhaps this is a eulogy. A tribute. An ode to nothing. For with my next exhale, as my final breath flows, the memory of these children will be lost, even to me.”
Intersections
by Elizabeth Murphy
“… their relationship one of convenience, he merely the provider, up until now, bankrupt in all the ways that matter, the damage done, the only hope that at least his lover Carter, will look out for his Mrs.”
Featured Fiction…
“Death of Legions”
by Alexei Raymond
“He delivers death to legions—whence, he does not know, and why never crosses his mind.”