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Written on the Skin

Fantastic,Featured Stories
We had a lot in common, Lola and me. We joined the 10-in-1 the same year, when we were both still...

Hearts of Palm

Domestic,Featured Stories
Once, she was compassionate, loving and kind. Once we found a speckled mouse in the bulk foods...

Temporary Insanity

Domestic,Featured Stories
Bisbee’s bottom itched hot with carpet burns, and her shoulder was scratched pink, courtesy of...

Modo Vivo

Domestic
I live economically. It’s why I often choose to holiday in Cortina d’Ampezzo. There, it’s enough...

My Better Nature

Fantastic
It was February and the melt was months away. There was a certain quiet, a lonely beauty of which...

Winter Collection

Domestic
I know you better than the milkman does. Sure, he can tell by your bottle count whether you’ve...

Ghostlight

Fantastic
I don't cotton much to superstition. The world is so complex as it is, so full of marvels, I can...

The False Keyhole

Fantastic
Perhaps it would open to the clean-combed green of the Queen’s croquet ground, rife with jolly...

A Roof of One’s Own

Fantastic
It was the ladder that did it. The day had been frustrating enough, now all she wanted was for...

For Your Convenience

Fantastic
The first week of July, I didn’t have $2.50. I remember approaching the Dumbarton toll plaza with...

Delicates

Domestic
There was nothing natural about it. The chrome and enamel and melamine were too bright for the...

The Lady and the Lemon Tree

Fantastic
Once upon a time, before you were born, in a kingdom too far to reach by foot or boat or pony,...

Silver Kingdoms

Fantastic
Among the many residents of the Green Gardens Living Center, there are twelve silver-haired...

The Green-Eyed Monster

Fantastic
I could see them all from the other side of the bridge. Kids were racing paper milk cartons,...

ScentEasy

Fantastic
Tucked between the vegan bakery and the outsider art gallery is a space as clean as vapor. The...

Temporary Charms

Fantastic,Featured Stories
Everything is temporary. Through the layers of silk organza, she could feel the warmth of his...

The Changing Room

Domestic
I take 24 in the corner. But I won’t tell you what I keep in it yet. You really don’t need to...

Chasmata

Fantastic
Excerpts from the journals of Dr. Rita X. Mather Mariner Colony 003 Revolution 28 (687 Earth...

We All Shine On

Fantastic
We were all good girls before we touched the moon rock. Until then, we were sewing patch...

Jimmy Cooper, Jimmy Cooper

Fantastic
I have too many party dresses. It’s been that way as long as I can remember. I’m an only child,...
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    WRITTEN ON THE SKIN

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    “ There’s already so much pain in the world, she can’t stand hurting another living thing. Except for me.”

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    HEARTS OF PALM

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    “Sexy things only English majors would do to each other, with footnotes on how positions may vary according to AP or Chicago style.”

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    TEMPORARY INSANITY

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