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The Grog Days Are Over

by Kayleigh (Fongers) Van Wyk | Feb 22, 2023 | Placeless

Grog is like a heightened version of a scavenger hunt combined with freeze tag—all taking place in the dark

What Would Tolkien Think of “Goblin Mode”?

by Emily Joy Stroble | Feb 21, 2023 | Placeless

“You’ve got it the wrong way around,” I imagine Tolkien saying.

Nobody Wants to Do the Dishes

by Katerina Parsons | Feb 20, 2023 | Placeless

No one sits for hours at an information booth because it is their passion.

One Hundred Percent Home

by Lillie Spackman | Feb 19, 2023 | New York

I think I’ve had to get good at making a home for myself where there was none before.

Toxic Foodborne Fungal Event

by Ben DeVries | Feb 18, 2023 | Placeless

Beyond the walls, the infected lurk—zombies in all but name.

A Valentine’s Day Encounter

by Laura Sheppard Song | Feb 17, 2023 | Placeless

It was so sweet how you wanted to make me feel comfortable.

Three Swoon-Worthy Romances and Three that Should’ve Stayed Friends

by Tiffany Kajiwara | Feb 16, 2023 | Placeless

I can’t believe that I’m unconvinced about a romance with People Magazine’s Sexist Man Alive Paul Rudd. It’s a waste, really.

Yet to Come

by Courtney Zonnefeld | Feb 15, 2023 | Placeless

The best days of our lives are behind us; the best days of our lives are before us.

Periphery People

by Michal Rubingh | Feb 14, 2023 | Hungary

He sings along as he weighs my onions.

The Ritual of Snail Mail

by Olivia Harre | Feb 13, 2023 | Placeless

Something felt almost sacred about holding them, the faded writing scrawled on the back of fraying cards.

“Hey, You”

by Jack Kamps | Feb 12, 2023 | Placeless

Unlike computer interfaces, however, life has yet to present me with a box I can check that says “Do not ask me again.”

Costco Wedding Rings

by Gabrielle Eisma | Feb 11, 2023 | Placeless

After a year or so, he wouldn’t remember the first trip, and the third trip with the same snack samples would be just as much of a treat.

French Onion Soup

by Philip Rienstra | Feb 10, 2023 | Grand Rapids

If I had to choose between a mediocre french onion soup and a meal of three corn dogs with spicy mayo, I would choose the former every time

How do You Get a Cow Across a Firth?

by Gwyneth Findlay | Feb 9, 2023 | Scotland

In one corner, it imagines a boat.

Lone Woolf

by Josh Parks | Feb 8, 2023 | Placeless

“I’ve tried this book before,” said I, “with the success of a sore-legged predator. It stings and slogs in a circus of circumlocutions.”

The Juiceman Legacy

by Susannah Boersma | Feb 7, 2023 | Michigan

I awaited the next instruction; it never came.

God Bless My Noisy Neighbors

by Hannah Riffell | Feb 6, 2023 | Placeless

I can hear their little terrier skitter across the floor or jump off the couch with an adorable thud.

Figure 1: Chronic Overcommitment Cycle

by Alex Johnson | Feb 5, 2023 | Placeless

But then your inbox stays dead. Your calendar remains open.

Phone Calls with Nathan

by Ansley Kelly | Feb 3, 2023 | Placeless

Like he says,”What’s the worst thing that could happen?”

An Ode to My Check Engine Light

by Christina Ribbens | Feb 2, 2023 | Placeless

And for a moment I thought, “Ah, maybe the car has healed itself,” before remembering that only living things can heal themselves and that my car, although I sometimes talk to it as if it were a person, is not a living thing.

Digital Ghosts

by Sam Tuit | Feb 1, 2023 | Placeless

It was a bit like walking into a friend’s home to find they’d unexpectedly moved out, leaving empty shelves, bare walls, and rooms with no furniture.

Fish Tales

by Jon Gorter | Jan 28, 2023 | Michigan

Lurking the rocky bottom, deep in the black abyss of Bear Lake, the walleye patrols his kingdom

The Final Word

by Anna Jeffries | Jan 27, 2023 | Placeless

Stop littering! Stop using hollow cardboard words!

The Five Stages of Grieving a Bad Book

by Annaka Koster | Jan 26, 2023 | Placeless

It is not uncommon for readers at this stage to lash out at others; example behaviors include a savage Twitter mention and/or telling the librarian who recommended the book that he should “seek a new career path.”

What’s With All the Pants Posts?

by Natasha (Strydhorst) Unsworth | Jan 25, 2023 | Arizona

“Grand Canyon? More like Bland Canyon.”

Thoughtful Streaming on a Budget

by Joshua Polanski | Jan 24, 2023 | Placeless

You’ll find mid-budget Dad-tier sci-fi films you forgot about, and you’ll come across Chinese war movies that you’ve never heard of; there’s something for everyone here.