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Leaving My Fiancé, Losing My Faith, and Finding Freedom

I had no one to answer to. No one to make me feel guilty and dirty and sinful

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A pearlescent spoon cradles the moon, rendering its beauty strange and luminous

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Fly Me to the Island of Giant Rats

"Departure," flash fiction by Kevin Spaide

Jul 22 - Kevin Spaide

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The Secret Lives of Objects

ARTIFACTS author Natalie Lemle on ancient relics and the stories they contain

Jul 15 - Danielle Shandiin Emerson

Even Bad Men Need Company in the Night

“Young Flower” by Samuel Jensen, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature

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Fly Me to the Island of Giant Rats

"Departure," flash fiction by Kevin Spaide

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Even Bad Men Need Company in the Night

“Young Flower” by Samuel Jensen, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature

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The Bruised Apple Tumbles Far From the Tree

Two poems by Danielle Shandiin Emerson

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I Didn’t Want to Fly Fish, But I Loved Him Enough to Learn

I wanted to associate myself with what he loved, in order to be closer to him

Jul 16 - Rebecca Swanberg

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Being a Novelist Only Costs Romantic Compromises and Debilitating Debt

An excerpt from FAMOUS MEN by Julie Buntin, recommended by Chelsea Bieker

Jul 13 - Julie Buntin

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The Bittersweet Cruelty of a Rerun

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Knitting Myself Into the Algorithm

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Coming of Age in Florida’s Turbulent Waters

In her debut poetry collection BOTTOM FEEDERS, Arielle Hebert explores personal and ecological erosion in the Sunshine State

Jul 14 - Sam Risak

A Trans Dad Interrogates the Gendered Experience of Domestic Life

Jul 7 - Emily Robbins

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Andrew Sean Greer Refuses to Kill His Darlings

A Debut Novel About Individual Agency in Apocalyptic Times

Jun 16 - Mandana Chaffa

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Exclusive Cover Reveal of THERE’S PLENTY OF SUNSHINE WHERE YOU’RE HEADED by Ghassan Zeineddine

Interlocking skylines orbit a brilliant sun, spanning lives from Lebanon to Dearborn

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These works contend with the instability of perception and the shifting nature of truth

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