Body of Water
A body, of water, she said to me. She had been trying to think of the human body as an agglomeration of innumerable cells,…
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HOW TO CRY
CW: Discussion of anxiety SHAMEFULLY The heel of her hand pressed hard against her cheekbone, wiping upward, switching to dabbing at the…
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Magic Fingers
Roger doesn’t know that Kaitlin has magic fingers. He looks at them, entwined in his own, and thinks they are just regular girl fingers….
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Beyond & Within
Aliens aren’t real in the sense that nothing is real. The only thing you can be certain of knowing is your own mind. “I…
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A Working Family
The mother told the child to ask the father if the child’s friend could come over tomorrow so that the two children could finish…
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Kardashian, and Other Tragedies
This is an ongoing fiction column about celebrity culture by Patrick Lenton. This month’s short story is entitled JIM KARDASHIAN. Before 2017 you…
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Mai’s Super Sweet 16: December
This is the final column in an experimental diary series exploring the life of a fictional teen Vietnamese girl, Mai. 1 December 2005 The…
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Dissonance
JANUARY ‘Don’t tell me you’re still thinking about Auschwitz? We’ve been back for two hours. I knew you were too sensitive to go.’ The…
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Cold Comfort, Cherry Blossom
Over Cluain Cearbán way they’d never called her by any name but Cold. Warped from when she was a babby, couldn’t get her mouth…
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