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for Louis burrito by starlight, red and green Cholulain the beard. Stuffed to our socks, let us dub this the first formal ritual to the pagangods of guac and fries, carne asada, jalapeño hit the tongue, the joint, tie-dye breaks, the jettywater moonset pacific. Recollecting yule tides, re-collecting gifts that we’ve been given,moments that always felt like ours to keep. Digging toes deeper into this…
It was summer and everything had fallen apart. But I’d not yet lost hope. It was one of those descents where you feel free almost, so long as you can sense some light somewhere to fall toward. Yoon and I had divorced on account of irreconcilable differences. It wasn’t that I’d been diagnosed as autistic. It was that I was diagnosed and thought differently about…
The nights are growing longer, there’s a hint of snow in the air, and we’re eager to read just a few more of your stories before we rest our heads. Starting Monday, 12/20/21, we’re accepting Fiction submissions for 48 hours! There’s no theme to follow this time, just send us your best fiction under 5,000 words. Submissions will open at 12 a.m. PST on December…
Plume I lost the feather I found that day, off-trail and alone in winter woods, when, for the first time since her death, I wanted to believe the pieces of my life could snap…
Not enough fireflies winking over the lawn to brighten even oneof those canning jars you used in childhood. And the crows no longer roistering at dusk behind your house. That’s where it startstonight—your mental list of grievances like the reckoning of a miser over his cache.Or is it to master them that you recite the small along with the large affronts— the burnt rice, the…