Liar's Ego

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…warm light above the booth I shared with Caty is glistening off the tip of my nose -- I can see it in the bottom of my peripheral vision. I want to wipe it clean of the shiny oil that seeped from my pores but it seemed like it could be a rude interruption of Caty’s chatter. She’s talking about “some serious shit” -- that’s how she phrased it when she texted me not five minutes after my body was melting into my…

By Lauren Michelle

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Lost Birthright

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…was losing it—losing her grip and her birthright; but, she didn’t know it yet…

What she did know was that her neighbors were all missing the point, while they threw all their little points at each other.

The neighborhood was rundown and spawning crime, with people ready to abandon it to the…

By Alexander Zoltai

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The Mountain Wizard

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…Chairman publicly denounced the Tongue of Lightning, expressed his extreme reluctance at carrying out the lawful execution of certain individuals who had spread dangerous rumors concerning the purported wizard’s plan for their salvation—had a group of distinguished scientific advisors speak to the impossiblility of worse storms—the scientific proof that better weather was assured by the cycles…

By Alexander Zoltai

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Early Birds

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Young female starting on a journey to find her place in the world

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…walked along the outdoor mall of stores that included her personal favourites, Starbucks

and The Gap. She wore her usual beat up jeans and a NASA tee shirt from Target. She

remembered splurging on the tee shirt because she loved NASA. Typically, she would have…

By Alex Almeida

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The Boy In Red

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“The Boy in Red” has as its backdrop the Nagorno-Karabakh War of the mid 1990s. The war had shaped the present and the future of the young generation, the main character included. However, the six year old Hyke is about to…

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…concert took place outside the kindergarten. Blue spruce strove to survive the prolonged dry days of Armenian summer, but the war had not helped. Dawn's light shone gold on shattered limbs amid the blue needles. Mulberries…

By Sean J.H. Rubin

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Hideo's Gift

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Hideo has a gift, and soon finds out just how important it is to others.

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…month had passed. The term 'noodify' - an amalgamation of nudify and noodles - a term coined by a Washington Post article Hideo was reading, wide-eyed, that had caught his eye and made him chuckle. He couldn't believe the news had reached America so soon. He was still in shock about it all. He looked up…

By Chris Grey

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Missouri

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…bought our first place in Missouri and learned quickly all country folk ain't as friendly as you would think. We stayed there just long enough to sell it and get the Hell out of the area. We were looking for a new place so we would be ready when that one sold. We were out in the country just looking at the views of the mountains when we topped a hill. There was one beautiful sight…

By William Bailey

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Memories of Emily

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This is a piece I wrote upon remembering the passing of my unborn daughter in 1982.

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…has a funny, almost ironic way of bringing each of us full circle in our lives, doesn’t it? We expend so much time and energy in the building of our adult lives as we try to forget those things which have bought us so much pain, regret or sadness, while those things that we want to remember or recall all too often evade…

By R.L. Seago

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A Quantum Event

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This is a story about Political Chaos and Intrigue. We are living in Interesting Times.

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…Chan started his career as a teenager making paper dolls; then, he became a serial killer. He was also a respected Fashionista. He loved women’s lingerie. Timothy was a multi-tasker. By the time he turned thirty he was a wealthy celebrity; but he had…

By Lee Balan

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