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Craig the Caramel Ghost
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Mar 16, 2024 | Placeless
Someone—or something—keeps turning on the lights.
Glided and Glittering
by Courtney Zonnefeld | Mar 15, 2024 | Placeless
In a society where people can change classes within a generation or even a lifetime, how do individuals and groups cling to social snobbery?
Under the Stage Lights
by Noah Keene | Mar 14, 2024 | Michigan, Ohio
At camp, I’d cried, prayed, and reaffirmed my faith in ways I never did during normal church services. And…that happened again.
Little Lights Everywhere
by Olivia Harre | Mar 13, 2024 | Placeless
Campfires burn out, fireflies flicker and then disappear, the sun sets and rises again.
Pisces Sun, Capricorn Moon, Libra Rising
by Jack Kamps | Mar 12, 2024 | New Jersey
According to this birth chart, Jesus’ big three consists entirely of Aries placements.
No Worrying Allowed After Dusk
by Philip Rienstra | Mar 10, 2024 | Minnesota
Too bad, it’s 10:30 pm, shut up and keep playing Stardew Valley.
Injustice Ablaze
by Gwyneth Findlay | Mar 9, 2024 | Placeless
In his last words, Bushnell asserted that his “extreme” final act was less than the extreme violence Israel has wrought against Palestine.
The One-Way Speed of Light
by Josh Parks | Mar 8, 2024 | Placeless
Is God deceiving us? Maybe!
That Daggum Green Light
by Susannah Boersma | Mar 7, 2024 | New York
I remember completing a weeks-long project with my friend Mackenzie that involved green Christmas lights shoved through a tri-fold display board.
Little Talks
by Alex Johnson | Mar 5, 2024 | Michigan
I don’t want to be deeply emotionally available to every person I happen upon.
Down the Aperture
by Kipp De Man | Mar 4, 2024 | Placeless
I want to believe it was by accident.
February Light
by Ansley Kelly | Mar 3, 2024 | Placeless
It comes in the back door and doesn’t ask anything of us.
This Is Beyond Me
by Christina Ribbens | Mar 2, 2024 | Placeless
This is beyond me.
The Light Which Pollutes
by Sam Tuit | Mar 1, 2024 | Michigan
And the obvious solution is to turn off the lights.
The Tomb, Unlocked
by Geneva Langeland | Feb 29, 2024 | Placeless
Within a few chapters, Gideon and Harrow will be exiting a space shuttle into a world of rapier duels, 10,000-year-old secrets, and bones. So, so many bones.
A Question of Ecstasy
by Anna Jeffries | Feb 27, 2024 | Placeless
Maybe it’s also too sordid to think about religious emotional manipulation at all.
Every Day is a Grift
by Annaka Koster | Feb 26, 2024 | Placeless
The motive is never interesting and always money.
On the Road with a Partner, a Puppy, and a Pending Deadline
by Natasha (Strydhorst) Unsworth | Feb 25, 2024 | Canada, Colorado, Massachusetts
We passed the turnoff for Eden’s class—the furthest she’d ever been in a car—shortly after sunrise and kept on going.
‘The Iron Claw’ Wrecked Me and I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Recover
by Mitchell Barbee | Feb 23, 2024 | Placeless
As my girlfriend has put it, it has quickly become my Roman Empire.
Where Some People Know Your Name
by Kate DeHaan | Feb 22, 2024 | Placeless
My dad is really good at picking out restaurants. I think he has a different Yelp app than the rest of us.
Hypothetically (Asking for a Friend)
by Emily Joy Stroble | Feb 21, 2024 | Placeless
By asking silly or fantastical questions, you make space for another person to be a larger, truer version of themselves.
The +4 Card
by Parker Yeo | Feb 20, 2024 | Placeless
As anyone who has ever played Uno will know, this simple game of numbers can quickly devolve into a drama filled with betrayal.
Hey, What If You Weren’t So Abusive About Teaching Art?
by Hannah McNulty | Feb 19, 2024 | Placeless
Being a student with things to learn was her fault, of course.
I Watched All 229 Episodes of Red Letter Media’s ‘Half in the Bag’
by Isaac DeBoer | Feb 18, 2024 | Placeless
The format is pretty much Siskel and Ebert if they worked at a VCR repair shop, destroyed things, and drank beer.
Ms. Patete Goes to the Laundromat
by Carlisle Patete | Feb 17, 2024 | Chicago
I love my in-unit washer and dryer—I have the pictures to prove it.
On Losing College Friends
by Tiffany Kajiwara | Feb 16, 2024 | Placeless
I decided to see it as you inviting me into your life, asking me to pay witness to the rhythms of your life.
Prayers for Thursdays
by Courtney Zonnefeld | Feb 15, 2024 | Placeless
They have shouted over the typical needlepoints of frustration and pushed me toward everyday opportunities for faithfulness.
My Week of Antidepressants and Anger
by Noah Keene | Feb 14, 2024 | Placeless
I still didn’t feel anything, but my doctor told me to expect about a week of wait time, and I believed him.
Homecoming
by Olivia Harre | Feb 13, 2024 | Placeless
Every time I make waffles, he gets his own.
An Order for a Business Date
by Jack Kamps | Feb 12, 2024 | New Jersey
What, for that matter, is the state of
the laundry hamper?
