"Henry Wilson and the Center of the Sun" by E.J. Nash
Yellow: I can taste it on my tongue, in the way it sits at the back of my throat. I can hear it in the way it rings in my ears. I can...
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"Absurdum" by Nora Sun
Reductio ad absurdum, or “proof by contradiction,” is a rigorous mathematical proof that establishes the truth of a proposition by...
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"The Chocolatier" by Ashley Gilland
My daughter quickly outgrew me as a botanist. I potted and killed all varieties of flora, raised them for slaughter, all in hopes of a...
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"Lawn Chair Larry" by Will Musgrove
Previously published in Sledgehammer Lit Larry lived on the ground. Gravity kept his slender nose, his deep-socketed eyes, his pouchy...
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"The World Is Ending And I Am Buying Groceries" by Leela Raj-Sankar
In my gray joggers and Harvard sweatshirt, running my hands over the vegetables to find the good ones, the same way my mother did all...
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"a page from her book" by Anna Feng
on the taxi ride home, the Driver plays everybody wants to rule the world and sinks a marlboro cigarette in three drawn-out, pensive...
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"teens on tiktok think i should set boundaries but i am" by Courtney Felle
a nesting doll self of Sad Girls / & i hate listening to advice i drunk / dialed my ex every fall weekend soggy & hardening / into old...
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"To My Future Nephew II" by Daniel Boyko
Previously published in the Aurora Journal and Eunoia Review. It’s early sunrise when our Volvo finally stops. Out the window, the sky...
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"32 lemons" by Matt Hsu
Ama requests (一) help to collect fruit from the tree (二) outside. She hands me a green garbage (三) bag and points to where I need to...
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"to term" by Elliot Lee
“And we will never be alone in this world No matter what they say We're gonna be okay” -The Mountain Goats “San Bernardino” Two cups of...
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