Fiction
Scavenger Heart
by Krista McGruder
| Granddad told me where we came from when I was fourteen: Me hopeful of abandoning the polyester training bra based on his recollection of womanly traits. Occasion was History class, genealogy assignment. We sanded, stained and hinged seven-foot pressboard. Triptych of organization, squared-off stenciling, decorative oil paints. |
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That’s Not a Baby
by Tony O'Brien
| They ambled on to the station platform, a young couple pushing a pram, a baby gurgling and pointing, drinking the new experience like a drug. They sat on the platform seat, first with the pram facing them, then with the pram facing the tracks. |
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These Boots Are My Boots by Tomi Shaw
| Have you ever noticed before any one person does any one thing, good or bad, they wash first? Did you know the one common component of cleansers whether it's Milk & Honey bubble bath, Skin So Soft cleansing gel or cucumber melon fingernail polish remover is fragrance? |
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excerpt from Sons of God
by Chris Tusa
| The baby was a white fist of flesh. Mama had placed the photograph of the ultrasound atop her dresser in a sterling silver frame. That night, when the pain bent her over in the kitchen, I imagined that same white fist punching her insides black-and-blue. |
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Braille artwork
by Guy Cobb
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