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Swimming like the Centre of the Flames

It would have been simpler if once Allison came out to them, her mother had disowned her, sat shiva like my Orthodox parents were advised by to do but didn’t. Instead, her mother hugged her, then scrutinized her closely and never brought it up again. By Danila Botha

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Preparing food for a loved one

Swimming like the Centre of the Flames

It would have been simpler if once Allison came out to them, her mother had disowned her, sat shiva like my Orthodox parents were advised by to do but didn’t. Instead, her mother hugged her, then scrutinized her closely and never brought it up again. By Danila Botha

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Rattle

Rattle

By Alex Dako, He checked his cellphone; he had two missed calls and a text message that read: “hey man… I need your muscles at

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Pancake Day

By Sarah Edmonds They are perfect. Just how he remembers them—better, even. Circular and golden, with purpled unbroken globes all over, each evenly spaced from

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Three minutes

Three Minutes

By Lillian Neal “Three minutes,” I say, struggling to keep the nerves from my voice as I start the timer. I use the mirror to gauge

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Shigeru’s Shadow

By RICHSKI  I conducted my interview with John Ashfield as part of a university-led project to record recollections of the last remaining World War Two

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My Friend 2

Real Friends

By Steven Daniel When I was a boy, my friend Ellie could almost fly. I remember the first time she showed me. We snuck up

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Chickamauga

Chickamauga

By Andrew Clark, At first, Catherine Davis thought some kids had played a prank. On the front lawn of her Riverdale home were two piles:

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The Carnival

By Geeta Johal, Samuel glances over his shoulder and sees the moon spilling into the sea.  He dusts his leather jacket, hides a gun under

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