Love in a Lost World by Cass Francis

Love in a Lost World by Cass Francis

Love in a Lost World by Cass Francis FollowFollowFollow Has the world ever been alive without the threat of dying? Alex did not know. She worked as a lost luggage detective at DFW airport, and she was in love with @miss_moon who posted hourly jabs about the futile...
Performance by Carolyn McGrath

Performance by Carolyn McGrath

Performance by Carolyn McGrath FollowFollowFollow The older nurse came in, the nice one with reddish hair in short curls and glasses on a chain around her neck. The name tag on her petal pink uniform read “Ruby” and a hint of brogue enriched her speech.  “Your...
Small Rituals by Michelle Fitzgerald

Small Rituals by Michelle Fitzgerald

Small Rituals by Michelle Fitzgerald FollowFollowFollow I empty your pockets to find a carefully curated collection of trinkets and talismans from your day. Tiny quartz pebbles.Flower petals. A pint-sized lime, unripe from our tree. As I load the washing machine, I...
Hunger by Carmela Lanza

Hunger by Carmela Lanza

Hunger by Carmela Lanza FollowFollowFollow Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash my name . . . Somewhere between there and here, I land, not exactly on solid ground but on an island, and I cried for months after my birth. I hang on like an afterthought or a comma in...
Weight by Ann Cwiklinski

Weight by Ann Cwiklinski

Weight by Ann Cwiklinski FollowFollowFollow She is eight months pregnant with her third child, and huge.  Her heaviness feels absurd at this point—Mother Nature taking a joke way too far.  When she steps into the mid-day heat, over 90 degrees on the city sidewalk, she...
Too Much Pepper, and a Baby by Lora Berg

Too Much Pepper, and a Baby by Lora Berg

Too Much Pepper, and a Baby by Lora Berg FollowFollowFollow Photo by Noelle Guirola on Unsplash How do people decide on a number of children to have?  Have:  1. possess, own, hold.               2. experience, undergo.  The second definition—experience, undergo—works...
Pas de Deux by Samantha Belleman

Pas de Deux by Samantha Belleman

Pas de Deux by Samantha Belleman FollowFollowFollow The weight always comes before my dream ends, pulling me out just enough to force my eyes open. The room is still, but I feel a shifting on top of me. I strain my fingers trying to move them. Nothing. I try to...

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