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Back to SearchDamien Angelica Walters | The Judas Child
A kid in a baseball cap and a Ninja Turtles t-shirt is sitting on the park bench, swinging his legs. The boy stands off to the side until he’s sure t…
10 years, 6 months ago
Matthew Kressel | Demon in Aisle 6
I first saw the demon the Sunday after you died. It was 11:53 p.m. Just seven minutes until I would have grabbed my knapsack and biked home to Mom an…
10 years, 6 months ago
Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Lacrimosa
The woman is a mound of dirt and rags pushing a squeaky shopping cart; a lump that moves steadily, slowly forward as if dragged by an invisible tide.…
10 years, 7 months ago
Lee Thomas | The Lord of Corrosion
Josh Hagee took a chair as the school counselor composed herself on the other side of the desk. He noted the dandelion yellow file folder, too thick …
10 years, 7 months ago
Matthew Bright | Golden Hair, Red Lips
I’m not in the photograph. I was off to the side, picture of disinterest, smoking a cigarette, watching passers-by. That was how I passed my days in …
10 years, 8 months ago
Gwendolyn Kiste | Ten Things to Know About the Ten Questions
They say goodbye. They say it with a strange smile like a kid who overheard a secret. But they don’t share what they know. They just walk out the doo…
10 years, 8 months ago
Vajra Chandrasekera | The Sill and the Dike
Grandmother died when I was seven and aliens raided the village. Their long guns fired out of nowhere, shattering walls and smashing bodies. Father t…
10 years, 9 months ago
Megan Arkenberg | And This is the Song It Sings
I don’t read much, out here on the highway, but I remember everything I’ve read. And here’s something I remember, a stray scrap of poetry, cribbed fr…
10 years, 9 months ago
Nathaniel Lee | Where It Lives
Outside was too big. Eric felt like an ant crawling on the surface of a volleyball, as if the big white cotton dome of the sky was surrounded by gian…
10 years, 10 months ago
Nate Southard | The Cork Won’t Stay
Hand in hand, your family and some friends stand in a circle around your father. Ten seconds have passed since his last breath, and you’re counting, …
10 years, 10 months ago