Mona lay along the length of the sofa, painting concentric circles on her toes.
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Instead, she reaches for the dial and turns it. Rain falls. Continue Reading Oasis
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“Up to a billion birds die in collisions with glass each year in the United States.” Continue Reading They’re Just … Here
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Masuyo was married for fifty-eight years to the same man. She’d hated him for fifty-seven years. Continue Reading Taiki-chū no chinmoku (The Silence of Waiting)
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Joey now lives in the asylum with his goldfish, but his condition doesn’t seem to have improved. Continue Reading Are You There?
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The wildflowers they’d planted never took root, but the delphiniums bloomed among the daisies and cyclamen. A pretty blue and white border marked the boundary that separated their yard from ...
We’ve seen films of the desert, we’ve seen that vast expanse of sand, and that moment when the shimmering haze on the horizon turns into a human figure, but when ...
A world where we are not truly free to make our own stories, but must tell the stories we were taught to tell…
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She wants to fold back upon herself too, like petals…
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A man cradled a bag of birdseed in one arm—a sling supported the other—and approached a feeder. Blasts came from the neighboring home. Continue Reading A Million Birds ...
The world outside was monotone, grey on the ground, grey in the sky. It was disorienting if you looked too long, like a photo, one-dimensional. A ceiling of shapeless clouds ...
I’d moved away and grown into the type of adult who goes to bed early, rises in the dark, and walks several miles alone, in all seasons, in streets empty ...
Tega tweeted a picture: a young boy and young girl, both of them holding hands as if on a date…… Continue Reading The Year Lilian Quartey Learnt to ...
A story about things stolen: an electric toothbrush, a mother’s time, a future. An elderly lady’s lunch is interrupted by a shoplifter, prompting old memories and a belated gift. ...
Kathy is a five-star who keeps dating two- and three-stars. Where are all the five-star men?
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I killed an angel this morning.
I thought I was swiping away a mosquito; one whose wings did not buzz but rather sang, like perfectly tuned notes on a church organ. ...
I know it is strange, perhaps even unheard of, for an old woman like me to do this. Fingers will be pointed and tongues will be wagged till they nearly ...
The list of classes and tutors offered by Mr Dupont’s School for European Languages is printed on small blue cards of blotting paper. Yellow Pages say this list is available ...
Nothing. That’s what I told the old guard I wanted for my last meal. I wasn’t trying to be an asshole. I didn’t feel bitter. I just told him he ...
“Have you seen a small girl, about this high, six years old, dark hair, purple duffel coat, glasses with a patch over one eye? Her name’s Amirah. Amirah. A-m-i-r-a-h. How ...
