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Love Story

Humairah Siddique·July 30, 2025

Love Story written by: Humairah Siddique I witnessed love today, I saw vagrant wind wandering around Then...

English Poetry

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I Scrape Grief Out with My Thumbnail

Sreeja Naskar·July 29, 2025

I Scrape Grief Out with My Thumbnail written by: Sreeja Naskar grief settled in the brown ring...

Poetry English

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She was Six

Michael L. Utley·July 24, 2025

She was Six written by: Michael L. Utley she was six and on the wrong side of...

Poetry English

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Hydrogen

Jim Bates·July 1, 2025

Hydrogen written by: Jim Bates - I remember hearing the song by Three Dog Night, “One Is the Loneliest Number,” and thinking...

Literature English

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Gloria Ogo is an American-based Nigerian writer with several published novels and poetry collections. Her work has appeared in Eye to the Telescope, Brittle Paper, Spillwords Press, Metastellar, Gypsophila Magazine, Harpy Hybrid Review, Allegro Poetry Magazine, among others. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and serves as a reader for Reckoning Magazine. She is the winner of the 2024 Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize and a finalist for the 2024 Jerri Dickseski Fiction Prize, the 2025 ODU Poetry Prize, and the 2025 Rhonda Gail Williford Poetry Prize, earning honorable mentions. She is also a finalist for Lucky Jefferson's 2025 Poetry Contest. Her work was longlisted for the 2025 American Short(er) Fiction Prize.

The Rightsizing Ruse by Mary Heeran White

The boxes were packed and stacked, taped firmly, with an indelible ink scrawl chronicling a lifetime of cherished possessions. Every taped bundle spoke of moments, memories – each a carefully curated piece in the vivid mosaic of our lives. In those hectic days, as the nesting instinct kicked in, our home expanded, one choreographed and colour-graded piece of content at a time. Packing each thought-out and integrated part of our shared story, I found myself overwhelmed with gratitude for this space – a love so profound for the life we built together. ...

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