Magnetic Resonance—Monica Anderson

Fiction Issue #9: Open Call November 19th, 2021 November 19th, 2021 Magnetic Resonance by Monica Anderson run when it stops hurting, which sometimes lasts for an hour, or a day, or maybe an entire week. When I haven’t felt it in three days, I run twice—once when my roommates leave for class in the morning, and again while they all practice together. If it’s their workout day, I run the Red Barn Neighborhood loop because ...

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Fiction Issue #9: Open Call November 19th, 2021 November 19th, 2021 Fiction Server Not Found | Megan Wildhood Magnetic Resonance | Monica Anderson In the Chillest Land | Cristina Legarda A Dreadful Case | Barbara Ridley Breaking Free | Alice Shaw

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Springhill Support Group—Kaitlyn Johnson

Fiction Issue #8: Rest & Recovery August 19th, 2021 August 19th, 2021 Springhill Support Group by Kaitlyn Johnson lastic tables and plastic chairs perched side by side in the hotel lobby—a bleak offering in dining choices within a mile of HeartCare Memorial, complete with cracked surfaces and unidentifiable goop smeared across the white-and-gray-speckled tabletops. Only the bar situated at the side of the lobby made it clear this was an adults-only space. Here, employees nodded with ...

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Progress and Evolve-Nancy Wahler

Fiction Issue #8: Rest & Recovery August 19th, 2021 August 19th, 2021 Progress and Evolve by Nancy Wahler nnie thought coming to the lake house might make it better. This place had saved her after the divorce ten years ago and the loss of her son to cancer five years later. Sixty-five years of good memories. The lake magic didn’t seem to be working this time. Maybe because this time it was her fault. God was punishing ...

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Snow Days—Cathleen Davies

Fiction Issue #8: Rest & Recovery August 19th, 2021 August 19th, 2021 Snow Days by Cathleen Davies sabelle was walking to the bus stop when she noticed the gravel glittering with frost beneath her. She placed her feet carefully, one in front of the other, keeping her eyes on those shiny, black, buckled boots, her white socks warm and snug over woolen tights. They’d be soaked through by the end of the day. Isabelle never managed ...

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Ode to a Holy Dead Guy—Alvaro Adizon

Fiction Issue #8: Rest & Recovery August 19th, 2021 August 19th, 2021 Ode to a Holy Dead Guy by Alvaro Adizon 1 ather Peter died in April 2020, more than a month into the COVID-19 lockdown, but it was not because of COVID. Not directly. Personally, I believe it was because he became so bored by the isolation we had imposed on him that he decided to just die, because the life he was living was not ...

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How to Love Your Cat—Sandi Sonnenfeld

Fiction Issue #8: Rest & Recovery August 19th, 2021 August 19th, 2021 How to Love Your Cat and Subsequently the World by Sandi Sonnenfeld ake up for the twenty-third consecutive day with a stuffy nose and sore throat. With your eyes still closed, evaluate your symptoms, your body’s various ails and pangs to identify those that signify illness and those your body typically experiences as it comes back into itself after a long night’s sleep. Note ...

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Fiction Issue #8: Rest & Recovery August 19th, 2021 August 19th, 2021 Fiction Letter from the Guest Fiction Editor: Resting, Recovering, and Developing Resilience Ode to a Holy Dead Guy | Alvaro Adizon Snow Days | Cathleen Davies Springhill Support Group | Kaitlyn Johnson How to Love Your Cat and Subsequently the World | Sandi Sonnenfeld Progress and Evolve | Nancy Wahler

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