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Wardle Stuebner and the School Ma’am
Wardle Stuebner and the School Ma'am written by: David L Painter - My name’s Wardle Stuebner, and I once shared a stagecoach with the meanest schoolmarm...
The Keys
The Keys written by: Leslie Cairns - I’ve lived nowhere and everywhere at the same time. NYC, Denver, Buffalo...
The Stepmother
The Stepmother written by: Ginny Swart - My stepmother’s name is Annabelle. She used to be my history teacher and as you can imagine...
For Rene
For Rene written by: Lade - Rene will not stop scrubbing the kitchen counter. She alternates between scrubbing...
Why Won’t They Stop?
Why Won’t They Stop? written by: Louise Gallagher - I never meant for my resume to include a stint as a ‘prostitute’. Yet, the night before...
The Rise and Fall of Mr Cruel
The Rise and Fall of Mr Cruel written by: Haji SM - You say the nicest things, that I’m a good-for-nothing runt. I’ll show you, Mother...
The Rightsizing Ruse
The Rightsizing Ruse written by: Mary Heeran White - The boxes were packed and stacked, taped firmly, with an indelible ink scrawl chronicling...
The Time Before With Genie
The Time Before With Genie written by: Chris Gee - It's what I told our hometown cops. The visit started with, of all things, a standardized test...
Protection
Protection written by: Rich Watson - I straightened Aunt Gina’s wig, pulled my hoodie over my head and climbed the rope...
The Cities of the Dead
The Cities of the Dead written by: Marcelle Rayner - It is the earliest flight leaving George Bush International I can take to get to New Orleans...
Callisto
Callisto written by: Christie Walker Bos - As I approach the restaurant, I remove my health monitor from my wrist and tuck...
The Yule Siege
The Yule Siege written by: Diana Hignutt - When I was in my early twenties, many years ago now, in the year 1640...
Santa’s Dead!
Santa’s Dead! written by: Carmen Baca - “Santa’s dead!” came the cry from my vecina’s house. I’d been dumping trash...
Big Fly
Big Fly written by: Sarah Das Gupta - It was Christmas Eve and in all the windows along Dorrington Row, bright Christmas lights...
