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Oh, reticent consumer, presumer of endless parades of dead-soul days. Crash the doors, explore the twin shelves Continue Reading The More You Buy the More You Save
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If I could be somewhere else – where? Continue Reading Ben X
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It makes him feel the same as on the day it happened, but he never cries. Continue Reading Carpet Vandal
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I see in each ruby a trapped woman in the confines of her man’s world. Continue Reading Ruby
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She was still pretending to sleep when the driver turned off the road. Continue Reading Discover The Magic
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I waited at the top of his street. Two young boys were racing in go-karts. Every time they zoomed past the bottom lamppost, they hopped out and started up the ...
With fork and knife, thus armed he watched as she began to peel back the skin of the plaice with a delicate precision until its white flesh glistened, perfectly pearlescent, ...
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The house isn’t half empty without you. Continue Reading A Correspondence
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A wild interview with a national icon. Continue Reading Interview with the Monument
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Her mother had been instructed to wait in the lobby, but had slipped in while Lucy was taking the test to determine how normal or abnormal she was. ...
The audience members are on their feet, applauding with categorical enthusiasm. Continue Reading Suspicious Minds
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Immerse yourself in these beautiful stories from our emerging writers who have been nominated for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers competition! Continue Reading ...
I know that my husband never knew anyone like Gretel or Hansel. His life was just different to mine, that’s all. Continue Reading Gretel and Hansel
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Sooner or later, everyone has to hear their voice for the first time. Continue Reading Noise
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Stream it or skip it? Stream it! Continue Reading This Month on the Home Binge Office: UK Cinema
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When he woke, the house was still and flat. Like a sheet of paper. Continue Reading Life, a short story
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I call you again and hear nothing back. I cross through swirling motes caught in greenish rays, over the carpet that I swear squelches under my shoes, towards the bedrooms ...
