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Paloma Zamora González

Paloma Zamora González tries to be a tolerant person, she really does. But no one likes to be tested. She works hard on her lawn, ...

by Kate Nacy | April 12, 2013June 3, 2013
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Waiting For The Snow

She turns away from the window and catches her reflection in a shard of mirror still left hanging in its frame. There are red welts ...

by Amber Bradbury | April 5, 2013June 3, 2013
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Weep and Dance

This had not been his first marriage. He had been tied for seemingly interminable years to a shrew whose very existence had carved premature lines ...

by Hannah Onoguwe | March 29, 2013June 3, 2013
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At Least It Could Get No Worse

One day, the flies multiplied. Flies were everywhere. People blamed the government, then global warming, then cities, then humans, the way we destroyed the balance ...

by Rupan Malakin | March 22, 2013June 3, 2013
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The Confession

I bring out the teapot, and some loose leaf Darjeeling. A priest should have a proper cup of tea. I can’t help but wonder what ...

by Mark Engineer | March 15, 2013June 3, 2013
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Free Stuff

The rain might wreck some of the books but it doesn’t matter because they’re all for free anyway. Nearly everything I own is in the ...

by Nick Sadler | March 8, 2013June 3, 2013
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Shalimar

It started small. At first I didn’t mind losing the noises from outside. No more screaming neighbours. No more overly-vocal mating pigeons, no more footballs ...

by Amber Lee Dodd | March 1, 2013June 3, 2013
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Lily

We walked across the street to the park. Some of our number dropped back, heading to the pub. They claimed they were too manly to ...

by Daevid Glass | February 22, 2013June 3, 2013
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Those Clear, Unblinking Eyes

He came out of the cell calmly at eight in the morning with nothing to say. The captain had never seen anyone come out of ...

by Kim Farleigh | February 15, 2013June 3, 2013
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God at Your Doorstep

Bhama looked out of the window and saw he was still there, squatting under the mango tree opposite her house. He was decently dressed, though ...

by Susmita Bhattacharya | February 8, 2013June 3, 2013
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Splintered

The river water bubbles from my mouth, its dirty gray movement cascading over stones rough and smooth. I come to this place at the narrowing ...

by James Claffey | February 1, 2013June 3, 2013
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The Picnic

Ten years ago, when we met, I would have kissed you if I’d been single. That moment is lodged in my head like a drawing ...

by J. Adamthwaite | January 24, 2013June 3, 2013
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Paper Cuts

Aubrey Finkle once told his wife that Origami was an act of love, turning a simple sheet of paper into something with form and meaning. ...

by Ken Elkes | January 18, 2013June 3, 2013

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