Fiction/Nonfiction: fiction
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More Static than Skin
Weird speculative fiction about a student who is terminally online: “Nobody believes her when she introduces herself as a poor signal.”
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A Cruise Ship for the Disappeared
An insurance investigation into a disaster involving a cruise ship. I loved the subtle hints about the cause of the disaster
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WE LOVE KIMBERLEY
A woman whose quest to quit biting her nails has unexpected results. It’s funny and morbid, with a very unique narrator
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Mrs. Morrison Proofreads Her Obituary
I laughed out loud at this, what a great first piece
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The Lies that Bind
The narrator’s sister’s body is found 22 years after her disappearance. There’s a killer audio version of the story there too.
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1612 W. Washington
A ghost story with beautiful turns of phrase, like this one: “At first, we’re haunted softly, like a pink sky overtaken by the creeping evening.”
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History Lessons
A really jarring piece about how quickly we forget the violence and horrifying things from the past
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What My Fingers Did
When you finish this one read it again, the beginning will hit differently the second time.
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81 Buddhas
A woman goes on a pilgrimage to seek forgiveness, and the crushing backstory that led her there.
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But She’s A Flame
June 2024 short story competition winner: a tragic death complicates a couples’ first anniversary together