"When I Rise" by Kimberly Hartvigsen
As I gaze in the mirror, the stretch marks and scars of my life before me, a silent presentation of my love and work remains. How will I...
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Cecelia Proffit
May 23, 20133 min read
"In Which Eve Names Everything Else" by Katherine Cowley
Eve: What’s that? Adam: A dove. Eve: And that? Adam: A squirrel. Eve: That squirrel looks different than that one. Are you sure they’re...
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Cecelia Proffit
May 22, 20131 min read
"Birthright" by Emily Harris Adams
Little reflections of all the good that came before you flitter across your newly-minted self. You are a pinkened version of your...
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Cecelia Proffit
May 21, 20131 min read
"Natural Coloring" by Marianne Hales Harding
When you dress conservatively and your hair is blue, people look at you. Timid (but cool) people tell you they envy you. Children on the...
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Cecelia Proffit
May 20, 20134 min read
"Kayden Abernathy's Journal Page 35-37, Partially Recovered from the House Fire 6/21/2013" by Steven Peck
refuses to come over. I know what I know. The woman is a witch. She even looks like one. Seriously. She's got wild tangley hair and a...
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May 19, 20131 min read
"Sister" by Merrijane Rice
You swallow sorrow like knives slicing down to your heart. I want to gather you, press the pieces together, stanch the bleeding— but I...
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Cecelia Proffit
May 17, 20134 min read
"Dumb Idols" by Hillary Stirling
Frankincense and tobacco – a sweet scent and a bitter fume – the mingled offerings of earthen gods. Baal. Dagon. Isis. Athena. They all...
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Cecelia Proffit
May 16, 20131 min read
"The Accidental Jaywalker" by Ben Crowder
I accidentally jaywalked today I didn’t mean to I was thinking about tithing Okay, I wasn’t thinking about tithing There was a girl A...
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Cecelia Proffit
May 16, 20131 min read
"Celestial Terms" by Sarah Dunster
You love me in algebra— D + d = L to the Nth degree, and I love you in quarter notes— a fierce appoggiatura and a soft, high C. We loved...
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Cecelia Proffit
May 14, 20134 min read
"Regimen" by Scott Hales
Two weeks before the pool party, Wyler began a strength training regimen. For fifteen minutes every other day, he did twenty-five stomach...
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Cecelia Proffit
May 14, 20132 min read
"Actionable Intelligence" by Jonathon Penny
You revolve around the sun, and not the other way around. Stoves are often hot. Knives are often sharp. Animals have teeth and claws,...
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