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  • Abramsohn, Danielle
    • Out
      no one listens to my big voice
  • Allen, Sheri
  • Almond, Steve
    • Serpent
      Is it okay to feel sorry for the snake, if he believes his intentions are good?
  • Alsop, Maureen
    • The Bethany Poems
      The Bethany Poems: resting, reluctant, children of water and commonplaces...
  • Backer, Sara
  • Baker, Sybil
  • Barker, Wendy
  • Basden, Barry
  • Batts, Allie Marini
  • Bennett, Eleanor
    • fishhat
      A series of photographs from a tiny village, 1o of 12.
    • channel m
      A series of photographs from a tiny village, 7 of 12.
    • baccarat ice
      A series of photographs from a tiny village, 6 of 12.
    • the seed catch
      A series of photographs from a tiny village, 2 of 12.
    • the town cryer
      A series of photographs from a tiny village, 9 of 11.
    • rekinde
      A series of photographs from a tiny village, 8 of 11.
    • itchy lice
      A series of photographs from a tiny village, 6 of 11.
    • prediction
      A series of photographs from a tiny village, 5 of 11.
  • Bond, Justin
    • Root Cellar
      I’m tired of negotiating with the dead.
  • Bryant, Rae
    • Piglets
      The day we visited the county fair, the piglets were born.
  • Burch, Aaron
    • The Forest
      Time may move on, but the story never changes.
  • Camp, Lauren
  • Cheng, Jesse
    • Sleight
      Even the trick’s unraveling dazzled.
  • Chiew, Elaine
  • Chinquee, Kim
    • Justice
      It's the big, loud memories that protect us from all the other ones.
  • Claffey, James
  • Colen, Elizabeth
  • Collins, Myfanwy
    • Cockfight
      Others can leave, but you can never escape yourself.
  • Connaughton, Sue Ann
    • The Faithful
      Boston, 1959: smack, crack / the whip of education in corridors
    • Myopia
      Who decides when something is art, the present or the future?
  • Conner, Emily
  • Cook, Christina
    • Dory
      Say something smooth.
  • Copeland, Lydia
    • Muslin
      A girl's-eye-view of the closeness of family life.
  • Crane-Post, Nannette
  • Crittenden, Adam
  • Cummins, Katya
  • Davis, Nicelle
    • Bone Letters
      What have you always wanted to tell your femur?
  • Deibel, Jeanine
  • Denslow, Josh
    • A Real Boy
      He was looking for something, and I realized I had never thought of him as an entity that had any needs at all.I wake to my grandmother's rolling wheezing.
  • Duke, Brian
    • The Beginning
      I figured if I went to enough psychiatrists eventually one of them would say something I wanted.
  • Ebenbach, David
    • This Is This Story
      All we can ever be certain about is that there will always be junk mail.
  • Eden, Meg
  • Edwards, Theresa Senato
  • Elizabeth, Nicolle
  • Ervin, Andrew
  • Etter, Sarah Rose
  • Fearnside, Jeff
  • Fish, Kathy
    • Two Stories
      Even if you're in the same room, you can be miles apart.
  • Flick, Sherrie
    • Little Dog
      Satisfying the most basic desires can bring the greatest fulfillment.
  • Fondation, Larry
  • Fordon, Kelly
  • Freele, Stefanie
    • Blown
      Recognition of growing love can come when it's least expected.
  • Frucht, Abby
  • Gabbert, Elisa
  • Gad-Cykman, Avital
    • Farewell & Bodies
      I haven’t spoken to you two enough, if at all, and you’re already leaving.
  • Garson, Scott
  • Gaudry, Molly
    • Marge Next Door
      "And I mean but hell if I just didn’t want to be normal anymore..."
  • Gay, Roxane
  • Grandbois, Peter
    • The Room
      If we don't look directly at a memory, maybe it didn’t really happen.
  • Grider, Nicholas
  • Guess, Carol
    • I ♥ My Wife
      I can't let you go, but I won't chase you either.
  • Hellen, Kathleen
  • Hemmings, Kyle
  • Holland, Tiff
  • Iredell, Jamie
    • Writing Sample
      Jamie Iredell brings compressed fiction pieces inspired by randomly selected writing prompts from Georgia University System's Regent' Exam.
  • Jackson, Beverly
  • Jameson, Hall
    • Refraction: Table of Contents
      From the author: "I am interested in examining unique arrangements of textual matter and graphic elements using a variety of nonconventional filters."
    • Refraction: Dream
      From the author: "I am interested in examining unique arrangements of textual matter and graphic elements using a variety of nonconventional filters."
    • Refraction: The Daily News
      From the author: "I am interested in examining unique arrangements of textual matter and graphic elements using a variety of nonconventional filters."
    • Refraction: Desensitized
      From the author: "I am interested in examining unique arrangements of textual matter and graphic elements using a variety of nonconventional filters."
  • Joy, Len
    • The Bump
      The "bump" is an image that isn't there.
  • Kapitan, Joe
  • Kaschock, Kirsten
  • Kennedy, Christopher
    • Sandy
      Compressed work from Christopher Kennedy.
  • Kimball, Michael
  • Kleinberg, J.I.
  • Klippenstein, Cody
  • Kochman, Laura
  • Krotzer, Minter
  • Kuntz, Len
  • Larson, Rich
    • Repent, Boy
      They should make a Church of the Hangover.
  • Laskowski, Tara
  • Lee, Sueyeun Juliette
  • Liederbach, Nate
  • Light, Kate
  • Lippmann, Sara
  • Litz, Cynthia
    • Telling
      Stilled moments in the lives of women.
  • Long, Nathan
  • Lovelace, Sean
  • Luntz, David
  • Mallon, Helen
    • Homeland
      But no soft figs from your grandmother’s trees lie in a bowl between us.
  • Mangla, Ravi
    • Spoils
      At night my father takes us to the battlegrounds.
  • Martone, Michael
  • Masih, Tara
    • Yesterday's Chore List
      Lora Lee looks down at her hand, suspended over the back of yesterday’s chore list.
  • McCluskey, Mary
  • McMeekin, Ross
    • Lap Lane
      Tragedy is best kept at arm's length.
  • Meriam, Mary
  • Miller, Mary
    • Boats
      The bar in our parking lot had karaoke every night of the week.
  • Nash, Ariana Nadia
    • Stargazing
      The stars are all the skin / I’ll never touch.
  • Neal, Darlin
  • Nellen, Stefani
  • Neumire, Bill
  • Okubo, Takamichi
    • Shinbu Unit 99
      On the sheet of paper Nakajima receives are three choices.
  • Painter, Pamela
    • In My Head
      New Compressed Fiction from Pamela Painter!
  • Parker, Ellen
    • Mobility
      Compressed fiction from Ellen Parker.
  • Pieroni, Jennifer
  • Powell, Lori
  • Prevost, Chad
  • Price, Sam
  • Ramey, Stephen
  • Rogers, Bruce Holland
    • The Other Word for Thesaurus
      He graduated three months ago and has so far managed to use the bad economy as an excuse for why he hasn't been able to find a suitable job.
  • Rohan, Ethel
    • The Move
      New Compressed Fiction from Ethel Rohan
  • Rombes, Nicholas
    • The Happiness Engine, 7 of 7
      The compressed narrative of THE HAPPINESS ENGINE sketches the story of a character named Ephraim in the labyrinth of underground USA tunnels as he searches for his disappeared sister. Piece 7 of 7.
    • The Happiness Engine, 6 of 7
      The compressed narrative of THE HAPPINESS ENGINE sketches the story of a character named Ephraim in the labyrinth of underground USA tunnels as he searches for his disappeared sister. Piece 6 of 7.
    • The Happiness Engine, 5 of 7
      The compressed narrative of THE HAPPINESS ENGINE sketches the story of a character named Ephraim in the labyrinth of underground USA tunnels as he searches for his disappeared sister. Piece 5 of 7.
    • The Happiness Engine, 4 of 7
      The compressed narrative of THE HAPPINESS ENGINE sketches the story of a character named Ephraim in the labyrinth of underground USA tunnels as he searches for his disappeared sister. Piece 4 of 7.
    • The Happiness Engine, 3 of 7
      The compressed narrative of THE HAPPINESS ENGINE sketches the story of a character named Ephraim in the labyrinth of underground USA tunnels as he searches for his disappeared sister. Piece 3 of 7.
    • The Happiness Engine, 2 of 7
      The compressed narrative of THE HAPPINESS ENGINE sketches the story of a character named Ephraim in the labyrinth of underground USA tunnels as he searches for his disappeared sister. Piece 2 of 7.
    • The Happiness Engine, 1 of 7
      The compressed narrative of THE HAPPINESS ENGINE sketches the story of a character named Ephraim in the labyrinth of underground USA tunnels as he searches for his disappeared sister. Piece 1 of 7.
  • Romo, Daniel
  • Rooney, Kathleen
  • Ruland, Jim
  • Rutkowski, Thaddeus
  • Sadre-Orafai, Jenny
  • Sarai, Sarah
  • Savoie, John
  • Schwartz, Peter
    • Bone Letters
      What have you always wanted to tell your femur?
  • Seymour, Betsy
  • Shahid, Sagirah
    • City
      The surnames / slur up against the ocean.
  • Shemkovitz, Greg
    • Tiny Hand Man
      As the car sped up, his fingers hopped over shrubs, skittered along a stone wall, and leaped over approaching obstacles like some primitive video game
  • Simpson, Mark
    • Cadmus
      The seeds this spring / sprout heads / that will devour me.
  • Sirowitz, Hal
  • Slick, Robin
    • The Timepiece
      “It’s a Rolex, babe. Not some fucking Barbie outfit.”
  • Smith, Curtis
    • The Dogs
      Compressed fiction from Curtis Smith.
  • Sparks, Amber
  • Stabin, Victor
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, Z
      The letter Z is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, Y
      The letter Y is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, X
      The letter X is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, W
      The letter W is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, V
      The letter V is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, U
      The letter U is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, T
      The letter T is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, S
      The letter S is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, R
      The letter R is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, Q
      The letter Q is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, P
      The letter P is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, O
      The letter O is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, N
      The letter N is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, M
      The letter M is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, L
      The letter L is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, K
      The letter K is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, J
      The letter J is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, I
      The letter I is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, H
      The letter H is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, G
      The letter G is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, F
      The letter F is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, E
      The letter E is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, D
      The letter D is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, C
      The letter C is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, B
      The letter B is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
    • DAEDAL DOODLE, A
      The letter A is brought to you today by Victor Stabin & the Daedal Doodle series!
  • Stridick, Janice Wilson
    • UNFIN DOT: Photogene
      In successive weeks, we will be offering six poems and eight paintings from Janice Wilson Stridick's UNFIN DOT, a glimpse from a manuscript titled Unfinished Daughter. This is piece 6 of 6.
    • UNFIN DOT: Evidence
      In successive weeks, we will be offering six poems and eight paintings from Janice Wilson Stridick's UNFIN DOT, a glimpse from a manuscript titled Unfinished Daughter. This is piece 5 of 6.
    • UNFIN DOT: Daughter in Blue
      In successive weeks, we will be offering six poems and eight paintings from Janice Wilson Stridick's UNFIN DOT, a glimpse from a manuscript titled Unfinished Daughter. This is piece 4 of 6.
    • UNFIN DOT: Newlywed II
      In successive weeks, we will be offering six poems and eight paintings from Janice Wilson Stridick's UNFIN DOT, a glimpse from a manuscript titled Unfinished Daughter. This is piece 3 of 6.
    • UNFIN DOT: Newlywed I
      In successive weeks, we will be offering six poems and eight paintings from Janice Wilson Stridick's UNFIN DOT, a glimpse from a manuscript titled Unfinished Daughter. This is piece 2 of 6.
    • UNFIN DOT: Works on Paper
      In successive weeks, we will be offering six poems and eight paintings from Janice Wilson Stridick's UNFIN DOT, a glimpse from a manuscript titled Unfinished Daughter. This is piece 1 of 6.
  • Swartwood, Robert
  • Taylor, Art
    • With Marshmallows, Of Course
      "Eleonora,” she told people, in her Virginia Tidewater accent, “with an ‘o’ in the middle and an ‘a’ at the end – à la the late great Duse."
  • Teel, Aaron
    • Halle Berry
      Clinton put the rag over his nose and mouth and inhaled deeply.
  • Thatcher, Christina
  • Tropp, Girija
    • Theatre
      I'd got into bed, and was thinking that I should have had some magnesium to sleep better...
  • Tuck, Dean Marshall
    • Concupiscence
      We’re lying on her bed watching I Love Lucy. I don’t really love Lucy.
  • Van Winckel, Nance
  • Vesenny, Ania
  • Volk Miller, Kathleen
  • Vukcevich, Ray
  • Wallace, Daniel
  • Wang, Lin
    • seeking
      sometimes there is an itch for poetry
    • dear abby
      Compressed Fiction from Lin Wang.
  • Wells, Brandi
  • White, Quinn
  • Wolf, Louisa
    • Abstention
      She collects ideas on snippets of paper, in audio notes, emails, voice recognition memos.
  • Wright, Lee
  • Yolen, Jane
    • Light Show
      Hollywood blockbusters cannot duplicate this show.
  • Young, Joseph
    • Abundance, image 27
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 27 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 26
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 26 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 25
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 25 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 24
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 24 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 23
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 23 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 22
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 22 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 21
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 21 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 20
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 20 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 19
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 19 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 18
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 18 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 17
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 17 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 16
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 16 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 15
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 15 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 14
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 14 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 13
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 13 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 12
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 12 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 11
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 11 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 10
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 10 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 9
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 9 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 8
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 8 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 7
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 7 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 6
      From the author: "Over about a week, I wrote the various pieces of text based on my memories and applied them to the cards with Letraset." Image 6 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 5
      From the author: "The figure is a rough stencil I made from a photo of myself, spray painted on cardstock." Image 5 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 4
      From the author: "I wanted to do something I'd not done before, material and process wise, so I came up with the idea of using a stencil and Letraset letters." Image 4 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 3
      From the author: "I wanted to do something I'd not done before, material and process wise, so I came up with the idea of using a stencil and Letraset letters." Image 3 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 2
      From the author: "I wanted to do something I'd not done before, material and process wise, so I came up with the idea of using a stencil and Letraset letters." Image 2 of 27.
    • Abundance, image 1
      From the author, " I was looking to do a project that would remind me of the abundance of my life, the many cool experiences I've had, people I've met, and I was looking to do something in text and image."
  • Zacharia, Shellie