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Angeleno by Frank Richards
When postal workers go on strike, Delmore gets a chance at a promotion, but is that as far as his ambition extends?Image generated with OpenAI1. The City PrimaryI finished counting the parcels on the...
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Too Much Knowledge by Gary Ives
An anatomy student recalls being thrilled and traumatised by an extremely intimate encounter. Image generated with OpenAIFifty years ago, and still I think about Him; the Him whose real name I will...
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The Nemesis of Pequod Lane by J Paul Ross
After his wife divorces him, formerly kind and placid veterinary doctor Abraham Enderby is besieged by a deranged feline beast.Image generated with OpenAIThey call him Doc, but tonight he's no longer...
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Half a Creamed Chicken Sandwich at the Airport by Paul Sharville
Two strangers strike up a conversation at the airport, and make a connection that will linger even though they may never meet again.Image generated with OpenAIFor the past five years, since 1946,...
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The Shoes of Kings by David Lanvert
Two mall employees become friends, but one harbours a surprising secret. Image generated with OpenAIMy friend Jake sold men's shoes at the Florsheim shop. Talk about the lowest rung of retail. I was a...
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House Rules by Salvatore Difalco
Tim Peters passes time in an isolation unit near the Canada-USA border by trying to get better at chess.Image generated with OpenAII play chess with Sam A in the isolation unit. Sam A looks like a...
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A Four Course Lunch by Rozanne Charbonneau
In 1970s Paris, 18-year-old Mademoiselle Sophie is captivated by a recalcitrant American child in her care.Image generated with OpenAIParis, April, 1972"Mademoiselle Sophie, je dois pisser!" shouts the...
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Their Night Sleeps With Me Still by Talia Levy
A couple climb Annapurna II in Nepal, and progressively surrender themselves to the mountain. Image generated with OpenAIWhat if I live no more those kingly days? Their night sleeps with me still. I...
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Air Mail by Nathan Toplis
A young woman recalls a life-changing romance conducted almost entirely through letters.Image generated with OpenAIThe last letter he ever wrote to me just said, 'goodbye Lil.' Nothing else. He had...
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Dr. Lifesaver by Sabahattin Ali, translated by Aysel K. Basci
When farmer İbrahim's young wife struggles in childbirth, he appeals to the maligned and bitter local doctor for help, in this new translation of a classic Turkish short story.Image generated with...
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The Edges of Orpington by Eamonn Bhreathnach
A lonely man tries to reconnect with a stranger he encountered four decades ago.Image generated with OpenAIIt was over forty years ago. I was hitch-hiking and he gave me a lift from the ring-road south...
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Masquerade by Aaron Schmelzer
Twelve-year-old Elise longs to live as her eleven-year-old self, before most of her family died and left her in destitution with her sick brother and his carer.Image generated with OpenAIMirrors don't...
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The Reincarnation of Herb McWeed by Jon Fain
Having navigated college through a haze of reefer smoke, David swears off the pot - until it becomes legal. Image generated with OpenAIDavid lives in Massachusetts, born and raised. "Where It All...
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Chicken Marsala by Lenore Tsakanikas
A divorced couple regularly prepare dinner for their daughter and her fellow convalescents in rehab, but Chicken Marsala might not be enough to heal their wounds. Image generated with OpenAIGiovanni,...
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Easy Lay by Cary Barney
A woman attends the funeral of her former best friend, having fallen out with her forty years ago because of her brother's bad behaviour.Image generated with OpenAIOn a cold, clear November night in a...
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If I Ever Get Like That by Bruce Jacobs
Old man Leonard loves his ageing and confused wife, but wonders how much longer he can look after her.Image generated with OpenAIAt seventy-eight, Leonard discovers that fork split is just a marketing...
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The Skeleton In The Closet by Tamara Breuer
Isabela has always struggled to fit in with her family, but things come to a head when she discovers a skeleton among her father's possessions. Image generated with OpenAIThree years after moving into...
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Hole in the Head by K Arlington Andrews
Having fallen from grace into a life of addiction and petty criminality, Devin Franks falls hard for fellow crook Angel Bradford - and gets accused of a violent murder.Image generated with...
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The Blue Country by Stephen Myer
A sorrowful man shares his surreal recurring vision of the Blue Country.Image generated with OpenAII sit beside sorrow heading crosstown, eyes searching for the address through iridescent drops that...
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Swish by J. D. Strunk
Jeremy Astor becomes obsessed with making the high school basketball team, but at what cost?Image generated with OpenAIJeremy "Automatic" Astor stood at the free throw line. Two shots were forthcoming;...
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And the Beanstalk by Aurora McKee
An autistic girl called Jack tends to a mysterious plant growing in her back garden to try and escape from a memory she can't bring herself to voice.Image generated with OpenAIThere's a new plant in...
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Thus the Circle Closes by Loredano Cafaro, translated by Sabrina Beretta
When Max returns to Pratonero, he is forced to stay longer than intended, and face the trauma of his past.Image generated with OpenAIA single raindrop, an imperceptible veil of fog, even a hint of mist...
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The Quest for Red Bull by Frederick Frankenberg
Jake is forbidden from travelling beyond his garden, out where life is cheap and monsters roam, but he simply must get some more Red Bull.Image generated with OpenAII wasn't always an adventurer. In...
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A Bachelor's Dinner Party by Sarah MacAllister
Hendricks goes to great lengths to prepare the perfect dinner for Charles - it's a pity that Gemma is coming too.Image generated with OpenAIThe cellar air tasted cool and rank. Hendricks selected a...
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The Mile by Simon Renaka
Norman purchases a mute companion that only wants to please him.Image generated with OpenAII was chosen. He knew I was better than the others. The best. I had been on display for weeks now, ever since...
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