Death of a Box

R.E. Hengsterman

Death of a Box

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A determined fog on the windshield tested the Volvo’s defrost, and its lack of motivation, as did the rain on the wipers, and the hectic speed, which took much of…

Cole Meyer

Road Gators

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I dream about an accident: Jackie and Kyle and I in the car, the car upside down and Jackie hanging limp beside me. My ears are ringing. Sirens and screams…

Krikor N. Der Hohannesian

At the 50th

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Harvard College Reunion, Class of 1958 Adrift between symposia and seminars, a drizzle of reverie on Bow Street, aimless nostalgia graying in droplets of fog. At the corner of Arrow…

Alexis Rhone Fancher

I Was Hovering Just Below the Hospital Ceiling, Contemplating My Death

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When I glanced down and saw my body, the suffering, damaged girl. My beloved, nowhere to be found had died on impact. Now the ER doctors say I can go…