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Orchid Children by Becky Hagenston

April 19, 2023

They sprouted leafy tufts around their necks, their feet took on a moldy sheen, their toenails were atrocious. You couldn’t keep these children inside.

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In Fiction Tags 2023 April, fiction, short story, Orchid Children, Becky Hagenston
image of a brown horse in a dark blue forest

Foreign Objects by Lexi Pandell

April 12, 2023

A horse can grow a stone in its stomach the size of a grapefruit.

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In Fiction Tags fiction, short story, Foreign Objects, Lexi Pandell, 2023 April

A Woman Without Origin by Elaine Hsieh Chou

April 12, 2023

The woman went abroad and began to lose her grip on things.

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In Fiction, Print Tags 2023 April, A Woman Without Origin, Elaine Hsieh Chou, Print, Archive, Throwback, short story, fiction, 2018 fall vol. 11 issue 2

Mermaids by Emily Lowe

March 1, 2023

They cut the tongues out quickly, cleanly, like a wire through wet clay.

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In Fiction Tags 2023 March, Story, short story, fiction, Mermaids, Emily Lowe
Image of a man's shadow, holding a phone, reflected against a white wall with two empty photo frames.

Ghosting by Sarp Sozdinler

November 30, 2022

I imagined his spidery fingers hovering over his phone all night, at once touching and not touching it like the soft spots of my body.

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In Fiction Tags Sarp Sozdinler, Ghosting, Fiction, story, short story, 2022 December

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