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Red Delicious
He dreamed the red dream of blood falling in rivers from a cliff. He stood beneath, drinking it, knowing he would never be hungry again....

J. David Liss
Jan 20, 20243 min read


Unrecognizable
I first heard about the disease while nursing my broken ribs over the evening news. Some prion thing, a misfolded protein, a bunch of...

Andrew Wilkinson
Jan 20, 20243 min read


Nightfall
Abandoned for years, the red farmhouse became a landmark in my childhood, glimpsed from the school bus. It sits well back from the road...

Faith Allington
Jan 20, 20242 min read


Pulsing
1867, two years after the war ended, five years after Antietam, 22,700 and more dead at Sharpsburg, arms and legs scattered around me...

Steve Gerson
Jan 20, 20242 min read


On the Deliberation of Value
Tetsudou watched soap swirl around the drain, the bubbles clogging all the holes. He raised the shower head above him one more time and...

Stuart Docherty
Jan 20, 20244 min read


Atlantic Hunting Grounds
Sailing the chill waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the cargo ship MS Harper was the only speck of brightness in the vast moonless night....

Glenn Bresciani
Jan 20, 20243 min read


Details
“Why do my minions have to be such damned idiots?” Though chapped beyond all patience (admittedly, a low threshold in his case), he grins...

James Fowler
Jan 20, 20242 min read


Things Are Looking Up
I’ve been in a dark place since the accident. I know I need to let her go, to accept that I’m never going to see her again, but I can’t....

Warren Benedetto
Nov 18, 20236 min read


The Haunting of Piedras Blancas
There is no end to my love for Jemjasee. I pace the ragged cliffs, searching the sea for her ship. My longing will not cease until I am...

DC Diamondopolous
Nov 18, 20235 min read


Yes, It Really Happened
Those who debunk the supernatural can’t have ever experienced it When I read about Blake seeing the soul of his brother rise up through...

Dai Vaughan
Nov 18, 20232 min read


Des Arc Elegy
She was angry with her mother. The boys were going to Big Creek to swim and she wasn’t allowed. She was ten. It wasn’t fair. The only...

Peggy Nalls
Nov 18, 20235 min read
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