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Introducing: Jessica Thiele
Author of "Drive With Dean" COMING SOON
Introducing: Kristina McGann
Author of "The Miracle" COMING SOON

The Dressing Room
The place was beautiful, truly. Despite this, Eleanor had never wanted to be anywhere other than her little purple cottage on Crook Street. Her and her daughter, they had made a life there.

2:49 p.m.
Seconds feel like hours as they tick forward. 2:46 p.m.
Silence looms between us.
This is it, I think, as I move
closer to him.
My arms stretch before me in an attempted embrace.
Finally.
The End
My father made us kids dig a hole
to nowhere. It was, I think, supposed to be the start of a bunker.

His Little Girl
His arm wraps tight around me
Pulls me close
His little girl

Introducing: Lydia Privett
Author of "His Little Girl"

Introducing: Alexis Aspelin
Author of "Within a Light Ray"

Introducing: Zane Hesting
Author of "Love's Bramble" and "North Branch County". Zane is also a 2017-2018 assistant editor.

The Fight for Survival
It’s that time of the day again, the fiery ball has not yet risen.
4:15 in the morning, time for the song of my people.
I sit by an empty bowl. My servants ignore my pleas.