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Life

Fred the Fish

By Joshua Citrak

Surviving the fishbowl of work.

Love

Growing Up In Fairview When I Was Seventeen

By Michael Jordan

Confessions of a summer vacation.  

Lessons

Project Runaway

By Kemble Scott

He was a dead ringer for a famous celebrity.

Lessons

Making Rent

By Joshua Citrak

At least the lice died over the winter.

Life

Blue

By Andrea Rush

Another angel earns his wings.

Lessons

Warriors
Or, I Bought a Bestseller at the Bookstore of Pain

By Jon Alan Carroll

Lessons

Meat of the Matter

By Doug Mort

“But I thought the army took anyone.”  

Lessons

The Golden Door

By Jared Smith

Midnight in Truckee Dad pulls over to whip himself with his belt.

Life

Taqueria Tranquilo

By Julie Dearborn

Give me my coffee now or I am going to hurt you.

Life

Mao Lives

By Shana Mahaffey

The last Hippie commune in San Francisco  

Love

Puppy Love

By Hayden Thorne

He showed me verses from poets who wrote about strange, cosmic things, and I rolled my eyes.

Lessons

A Sensitive Man

By Daniel Finnegan

He was overdue.

Love

Shelter

By Doug Mort

She said I was a lot cuter than him.  

Lessons

Playing For Something

By Scott Joseph Campbell

Into the third month of their affair, a tiny, disposable piece of plastic told them.  

Life

Broken Compass

By Vinoad Senguttuvan

Nova knew his hedonism couldn't soothe him forever.

Lessons

1968

By Mike Ingles

In politics, 40 years later we’re still looking at the cracks in the ceiling.

Love

The Affaire

By Camincha

The moaning after.  

Love

Sattamassagana For Rosie

By Wayne H.W Wolfson

I am superstitious, king of the land under the ladder.

Life

Mac 'n' Cheese
By Paul Doucet

Kids say the darndest things.

Love

I Really Want to Watch Thelma and Louise Tonight (w4m)

By Liz Doherty

Can you really find The One on Craigslist?

Life

Narcissus

By Hayden Thorne

So who’s waiting for you at the end of the rainbow?

Life

Dust

By Jeffrey Kingman

Ashes to ashes…

Life

Chemo

By Camincha

The cancer never had a chance.

Life

Clothes Horse

By Kemble Scott

Playing dress-up at the posh downtown clothiers.

Lessons

Mi Madre

By Camincha

Mother knows best.  

Lessons

Litigation is War, War is Hell

By Jon Alan Carroll

Liars need good memories.

Life

The End of Benny

By Thomas Larsen

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.  

Life

Writer’s Block

By Randall Sokoloff

He’d always called himself a writer, even though he’d never written a word.

Lessons

From the Mouths of Babes

By Camincha

Kids say the darndest things.

Life

The Boring Interesting Person

By Jimmy Chen

She wanted her clothes to look more ragged, like humanity.

Lessons

Boy from Red Bluff

By Jere' M. Fishback

Tastes like chicken.