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Robbie, Joel and I

By: Harrison Abbott A snowstorm came. Snowfall that broke records. And then the government closed the schools. Great. That’s exactly what Robbie, Joel and I wanted. We didn’t have to go to school!  With our free time, we decided to…

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Charity’s Grave

By: Vincent Maranto On the old stage road between Bozeman and Helena, Montana, as it crosses the Crow Creek Divide, there lies a small, square fence enclosing a grass-covered mound. The surrounding country is rugged, like much of the mountainous…

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The Adventures of Dr. Archibald Munk

By: Andrew Giusto “I have found a bizarre universe of brightly colored horses about one half the size of other horses and yet seemingly at adult and seemingly beyond ages. The colors are fundamental to them and I suspect genetic…

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Insight

By: Tracy Kempsey The first time Nick saw Cassie standing in the living room of his flat it was exactly six months after her funeral. She was standing in the same spot as the television, occupying the same space, nearly…

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The Third Room

By Shriraj More Pune, June 2025 — Early Morning Vedika heard the rain before she saw it. A shy, uncertain sound at first—like fingertips tapping lightly against a glass jar. It came from behind the neem tree that shadowed her…

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A Night Like Any Other

By: Seyyed Mohammad Javad Mousavi It was a night like any other. The wealthy, with full stomachs and full pockets, slept the sleep of kings, while the office workers, with their meager wages—half-satisfied, half-starved—had somehow drifted off to sleep anyway….

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The Winter Coat

By: Cithara Patra Lia winced at the tiny drop of blood bubbling at the tip of her finger. In her other hand, she glared down at the needle. She was never this bad at sewing, but losing her thimble and…

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The Shrink

By: Khoi Pham I didn’t know exactly how The Shrink started, but people had been talking about it for a while. I didn’t really care, until it reached me. I noticed the first symptoms while getting ready for work. When…

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The Brass Ring

By: Bruce Levine She walked blindly into the room as if she’d been there before, but she knew that she hadn’t. And yet there was a faint memory of an aroma that seemed to hover somewhere in the atmosphere and…

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Orange Tic Tacs

By C. A. Broadribb Given the times, you slip a blue cloth mask on over your nose and mouth before venturing out of the front door.  Then you notice how bright and sunny it is and pop back inside to…