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written by Ben Zuckertfrom Volume CXXVI, Issue 6

Sweet Tooth

I My mom still says candy’s bad for you, but I disagree. Candy is the best food of all time. It gives me tons of energy. It tastes good for breakfast, lunch, and...

written by Gene Buonaccorsifrom Volume CXXVI, Issue 6

For My Health

When I was 15 my two older gay coworkers offered to buy me a pack of cigarettes. I said no but still can’t help but write smoke into stories because I don’t...

written by Jasper Rydenfrom Volume CXXVI, Issue 6

Not Disproved

You take plan B arcana swirl the object slips away verbs give nouns a reason. In Latin the words for heaven and sky are the same refer to slide twenty the rigid disk...

written by Anna Burgessfrom Volume CXXVI, Issue 6

Blame

I’m looking at my sister, Cara, trying to decide who I blame for destroying her childhood. She looks back at me, sleepy but curious, from the right side of the bed....

written by Adam Burgserfrom Volume CXXVI, Issue 6

Wolves

My aunt married her second husband, an empty headed youngest child who danced with crooked elbows and wild joy, on a June day that was yellow all over. She pestered us...

written by Madeline Hallfrom Volume CXXVI, Issue 6

Hawthorne Past Park, March 19

The drive home is a knee jerk. The drive home is a habit I have. The drive home is the drive home from your house to my house And the drive home from your house to my...

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