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Nov 5, 2013
7 min

Alley Cat

Tom C. Mangé, III sat on his favorite stool in his favorite alley dive, 2 Dumpsters & A Homeless Man. With paw on head, familiar glass pour

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lastweeksmemoir

Oct 28, 2013
5 min

Bombast

The sudden gust of wind tilted her forward. She stood on the white railing overlooking the river, and braced her body against the steel. The

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lastweeksmemoir

Jul 22, 2013
2 min

Being Given to Reverence

Reverence, I am as good at this quality as any other average person: not as good as some, but better than others. Yet with you it seems so e

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Ian Elrick

Jul 17, 2013
2 min

Mid-morning, Mid-winter

It is mid-morning and I am riding in the far backseat of a bus, the number of which is close to the number of days I have been divorced. The

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Paul Rios

Jul 8, 2013
2 min

Last Week’s Memoir #19

Andy thought about it. He had heard the name before, The Multitude. Just last month, an emergency newscast ran about an incident perpetrated

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Allison Baker

Jul 1, 2013
4 min

Enough to Break the Ice

The weekend before Valentine’s Day 2011, I went to a local wine bar. The kind of bar you go to for casual conversation and the .05% chance y

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Allison Baker

Jun 24, 2013
4 min

Wolves in Suburbia

I would have done anything for her. Even if it meant following her to our graves. She was all I had, and without her I would have died anywa

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Bryce McEfee

Jun 20, 2013
2 min

Sometimes I Just Need Some Mead Time

I sit sipping the nectar of ancient gods, the golden splendor that is mead. The honey jasmine infused liquid caressing my lips, feeling wisd

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Lisa Bouvier

Jun 17, 2013
10 min

The Word Collector

I collect words. I catch them when they are not yet spoken, when they are little smokey silver strings or bold blue gold clouds. Some of the

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Allison Baker

Jun 12, 2013
2 min

The Everything Else

It was the middle of the night and we were both awake. I could feel him stirring beside me, so I inched closer to him until I could feel his

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Paul Rios

Jun 10, 2013
3 min

Last Week’s Memoir #18

Andy could almost hear the clink and grind of the gears in the captain’s brain. The captain was plotting.

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Bryce McEfee

Jun 5, 2013
4 min

Rainy Season

I stand in the driveway, staring up toward the sky as her car drives away. The wispy ashen colored clouds saunter by in congregation, not p

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Jake Corbin

May 22, 2013
5 min

Small Talk

Jeff didn’t talk much to his coworkers. It wasn’t that he didn’t like them; he just didn’t feel a strong urge to converse with them. The f

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Natalye Childress

May 15, 2013
1 min

Chicago Style

He was drunk, but his eyes shone through the dimly lit room, steady and bright. Nothing got past this boy with the steel face and vibrant wi

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Bryce McEfee

May 8, 2013
5 min

My Trip to Mexico: Fish, Beer and V.D.

You know your Mexico fishing trip is off to a great start when as soon as you walk out of the airport, you look down and you’re standing on

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Jake Corbin

Apr 17, 2013
3 min

And Now, Deep Thoughts

Shannon and I were in second grade when she asked me the question. We were having a conversation for once instead of my usual M.O.—me teasi

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Lisa Bouvier

Apr 10, 2013
5 min

Full Moon Picnic

The winter makes my condition even harder. The nights are long. The water is cold. I cannot remember why I chose London as a place to pause.

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Memory and the Health Benefits of Blueberries

Allison Baker

Mar 18, 2013
2 min

Memory and the Health Benefits of Blueberries

I eat the blueberries to remember why we weren’t meant for each other. How it was all just a figment of our imaginations. What was perfect i

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Natalye Childress

Mar 11, 2013
3 min

Eisgeld

I have lived in Europe long enough to have assimilated, yet I still never quite managed to get a handle on the coins, always stumbling over

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Jake Corbin

May 18, 2012
4 min

Last Week’s Memoir #17

Being smashed out of his gourd on LSD sounded lovely—at least then he could write off this living nightmare to a psychedelic-induced haze...

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