Before Mariko went missing, she liked to swim in the open water of the cove, just beyond the tide pools. On days when there was no surf, waves, or wind when sails hung still on catamarans and the sun soaked into the ...
Mariko by Kaylie Saidin
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SHOE-MERANG, LIFT
The toilet paper has arrived, or maybe it’s the turnips. But the dog has kicked his shoes all over the foyer. I’ve asked him not to, but he’ll listen only to Linda.
And you think she’ll ...
Plague Diary II by Steve Chang
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She did it again. I’m always surprised. What does that say about me? I certainly don’t learn. We have an agreement, and she consistently breaks it. We’ve been practicing the Pass the Feather method. Our marriage ...
I Feel _____ When by Laura White Gray
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I: Halcyon
I grew up in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, just a smudge of a prairie town with very little to recommend it, but which—to its credit—has a name with a sensible origin story. One of the first settlers, seeing a ...
Two Stories by Janice Obuchowski
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We had not fought in a week, but this was no cause to celebrate, seeing as how the peace between us had taken on a blunt, wieldable shape, something that could be used as easily for evidence as for a weapon. We were out ...
The Vacationer by Tim Lane
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The illness had been buried in the genes—James’ mother had it and her mother too—so it was no surprise to Janie when James began to disappear into various rooms of their house and transform them into whatever ...
You Can’t Follow Him There by Lisa Bubert
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We had arrived with vague ideas of city life: a sea of unfamiliar faces, winding avenues, the public gardens. Now, we shuffle around the dorm with the other girls from the suburbs. We feel more comfortable in slippers ...
Freshgirls by Rosetta Young
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Winner of the 2018 Los Angeles Review Literary Awards, in the category of Short Fiction.
Final Judge: Doug Lawson
One morning I awoke as a woman. I knew I was a woman because I had seen women before. It was cold ...
Husbandry by LJ Pemberton
Award Winners, Fiction, LAR Online
The day I found Lily, I woke early. I wandered through my apartment, counting the steps from one side of the living room to the other. It was clean except for the tumbleweeds of cat hair and dust underneath the couch, ...
What It Looks Like in the Light by Anna Megdell
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