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John F. Miglio
Apr 30, 202415 min read
Killing Malice
My stepmother’s name was Alice, but I called her Malice because she haunted my childhood and was the evilest person I ever knew—and for...
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Dr. Richard Bryneston
Apr 15, 20244 min read
Ash Wednesday, 2017
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Ellen and I counted 13 muskrats as we walked around Lake Bennett that late February mild...
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Robert Kibble
Apr 1, 20249 min read
Swan Song
Becca stood by the edge of the bridge, the oppressive heat of the day finally giving in to a light breeze that chilled her bare arms. The...
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Christine Brooks
Mar 15, 20246 min read
Crab Soup
Had it not been for Covid-19 forcing everyone inside, I’m not sure my plan would have worked but looking back, I'm glad I acted on that...
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E.C. Traganas
Feb 29, 20249 min read
Stone Castings
Herculaneum, 79 AD (Back in the 1980s, over three hundred carbonized skeletal remains were discovered submerged along the coastline of...
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Susan H. Evans
Feb 13, 20243 min read
The World Turns
Using Granny’s ancient knife -- the handle worn thin and the blade sharp as a razor -- I sliced big ruby tomatoes. Drops of red juice and...
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Krin Van Tatenhove
Feb 1, 202411 min read
Leaving New Orleans
“This is my favorite part of the drive,” said Alberto. We were cruising over the 18-mile span of the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, en route...
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Jenn Zatopek
Jan 14, 20245 min read
A Meditation of Delight
On a cold weekday morning in late winter, I meditated imperfectly leading to a wondrous moment of play, the effects of which nestled down...
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Zach Keali’i Murphy
Dec 31, 20232 min read
The Mallards of St. Catherine
Stewart came from a town where the water was abundant but never clean. Lillian came from a town where there wasn’t enough water to keep...
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Richard Lehan
Dec 15, 20239 min read
Lipoma
1. Vin stood in front of the bathroom mirror studying the lump protruding from his left shoulder. Pinching it between his thumb and index...
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Kathleen Chamberlin
Dec 1, 202322 min read
At the Corner of Humboldt and Spruce
There was something about the house at the corner of Humboldt and Spruce that gripped the imagination and drew the eye to it. It wasn't...
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Robert D. Vivian
Nov 15, 20234 min read
The Call of Every Day
Must be birdsong or the slightest nudge of breeze kissing your naked ankles and then the soft folds of your eyelids deep inside a dream...
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Luisa Kay Reyes
Nov 1, 20237 min read
Land of the Free
It was an ambush! John Ware and his South Carolina militia men had successfully defeated the well-armed redcoats at the bridge. But...
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Angela Townsend
Oct 15, 20234 min read
Recalibrating
I calibrate three times a day. I recalibrate constantly. In the time before continuous glucose monitors, I assaulted my finger a dozen...
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Eduard Schmidt-Zorner
Oct 1, 20239 min read
Writing Contest
"I will not eat a single hazelnut, unless you are by my side…" - a Black Sea folk song Akçay and his wife Semra lived in the province of...
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Jen Casselberry
Sep 15, 20232 min read
Memory is a Strange Thing
Memory is a strange thing. When I was 5 years old, I had surgery on the muscles behind my eyes. All I remember from the day before the...
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Krin Van Tatenhove
Aug 30, 202320 min read
The Final Incarnation
Mellow, easygoing, that’s how Jamie’s friends and family described him. Some tied it to his frequent pot smoking. Others linked it to his...
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Carol Zapata-Whelan
Aug 11, 202311 min read
Argentina, 1990: The Road Not Taken
It is a mild winter day in Buenos Aires, August of 1990, and my uncle Cacho, dark eyes convivial, is introducing me to an old friend in...
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C.J. Anderson-Wu
Jul 27, 20237 min read
Run, Run, Run Away, Come Again Another Day
Once a proud and majestic feline, I now spend most of my days curling up in the corner of a bombed-out building, trying to avoid the...
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Niles Reddick
Jul 15, 20235 min read
Calling 911 Because of a Smell
If the Lagina brothers would visit me in the dream world, I could show them right where to dig on Oak Island because I’ve discovered that...
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