Jack Harrell – Fiction

He sat with the body for a long time, thinking about his last move. After a while, he took the tattoo kit from his bag and sat at the table. He placed the items before him and rolled up his sleeves. He gazed at the tiny stars on each arm, counting them, recalling the deeds behind them. But there was no way to balance it.

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Amanda Miller - Essay

I brought Astro back to the car and told Matt. Without blinking, he said, “You have to save Astro’s life, and I’ll help you.” The drive to save Astro surpassed the pain of our failed romance. We were now just two people on a mission.

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Shoshauna Shy - Fiction

Bright sun. My eyes water. You are standing at the end of the point. On the horizon, Kirk and Matty float back-to-back on the inner tube, legs dangling in the cold water. A small finch lands on a bough of the spruce in front of me, and its weight reveals a linen shoulder–Anita’s shoulder–level with your knees.

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Michael New - Fiction

She stood out of her chair under the fruitless mulberry tree and strolled over to the century plant. She paused, surveyed the lot, and then bent and snatched up a rock she threw in my direction with all her might. To avoid being pelted by the stone, I hit the dirt.

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Paul Smith - 3 Poems

I can feel it coming\the last one\the lungs tip it off\coughing\pushing that last bit of\atmosphere up up and away

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