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Sandhill Cranes
September 10, 2020

Anna Prawdzik Hull - Hector, a young man from Albuquerque, is one semester away from getting a degree from the University of New Mexico. His mother, who was recently deported from the U.S., is sick and needs urgent care in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Summer of the River Bottom Dragon
September 03, 2020

Jennifer O'Neill Pickering - This eloquent and poignant short story, about redemption and forgiveness, begins when a horseshoe-shaped belt buckle tumbles out of an old photo album into Sarah’s lap. She recalls that there was nothing lucky about that p...

MacFarland’s Unreasonable Expectations
August 27, 2020

Sean Murray - What do a box-car riding, washed up sax player, a Tijuana cop, a Scandinavian diplomat, a gorgeous high diver, and a race horse ready for the glue factory, have in common? They all turn up in Sean Murray’s highly entertaining short story.

Wine Tasting
August 20, 2020

Annilee Newton - Annilee Newton answered a Craigslist job post with a photo of herself drinking wine — a bold move that will eventually lead to her becoming a professional wine taster. This amusing memoir takes us along on Annilee’s journey to learn t...

Bob and the Beatniks
August 20, 2020

Jerry Vis - In the mid-1950s, Jerry Vis attended a strict Adventist college near Washington, D.C. On the sly, his eccentric Uncle gave him this insightful advice as he departed for college: "To become your own person, learn how to think for yourself,

I Have Her Memories Now
August 20, 2020

This is a short story about a medical miracle, a childhood obsession, and a first hearbreak. The main character develops a dark and destructive obsession with a classmate. She also experiences the first real dreams for her future,

Under Overhead Lights
August 20, 2020

We all make choices, and then must live with the consequences. In this story, Chase reluctantly returns to the mid-sized, middle-class mid-western town he grew up in, and had left as quickly as he could. In a moment of nostalgia during a visit home,

Everything I Need to Know I’m Still Learning from Mary Richards
August 20, 2020

Both a memoir and a love letter to Mary Tyler Moore and her best-remembered role. This story begins with an episode of the Mary Tyler Moore show where author Eileen Cunniffe's real life mirrored Mary Richards' television life,

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