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The Archivist of Baghdad by T.L. Khleif

December 1, 2014

The archivist read the words again and tried to ignore the stirrings of a new fear.

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In Fiction, Print Tags T.L. Khleif, 2014 fall vol. 7 issue 2
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Home Inventory after a Tornado (or, Everything We Lost) By Anne Valente

October 24, 2014

Coffee Maker. $40. Age: 2 years. Location: Kitchen. Purchased by my wife and son as a gift for my 40th birthday, left wrapped on the kitchen counter for me to discover when I woke. Lost beneath debris, beneath mud, beneath so many splinters of wood.

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In Fiction Tags Anne Valente, Fiction, Home Inventory after a Tornado, Everything We Lost
Jacob Silverman

The Most Famous Drone Pilot in America by Jacob Silverman

September 26, 2014

Every night he dreams in infrared. Five, six weeks now, the world a thermal scan of itself. The map becomes the territory. A series of targets and the not-yet-threats in between.

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In Fiction Tags Jacob Silverman, The Most Famous Drone Pilot, Fiction
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The Other Bill by Steve Almond

May 1, 2014

When my husband returned from Afghanistan, we hoped our lives might go on much the same as before. Bill hadn’t been in much danger. We’d been married for ten years. We had the support of good friends and a large extended family. Our two little ones were healthy, and within a few months of his return, a third was on the way. It didn’t seem unreasonable.

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In Fiction, Print Tags Steve Almond, 2014 spring vol. 7 issue 1
Critical Mass by Roxane Gay

Critical Mass by Roxane Gay

December 1, 2012

Jean-Richard and Elsie Moreau had lived in Palmetto Landing for nearly seven years when they heard the news, by way of Ellen Katz, that another Haitian family was moving into the community—doctors, three children, two still at home, new money and a lot of it.

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In Fiction, Print Tags Roxane Gay, 2012 fall vol. 5 issue 2
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I am the Devil by Laura Pritchett

May 1, 2011

I use an oven, not a hairdryer. It blows my mind. Happy. Obviously, the fumes from this are gonna make you sick.

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In Fiction, Print Tags Laura Pritchett, 2011 spring vol. 4 issue 1
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