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Fiction issue 33

Transfusion

by A. Molotkov Transfusion 1. Sarah  The smell of rot is so pervasive it adheres to the inside of my nose and mouth. I force myself to ignore it.  Impossible. The horizon is interrupted by the red glow of forest fires. The other woman’s face, too, is tinted red. She’s walked with me for a […]

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Fiction issue 33

The Other Side of a Fourth-Place Medal

by Christa Rohrbach The Other Side of a Fourth-Place Medal You are 18 months old when your first hairs sprout. Your mother is ecstatic when she sees them: three tiny, fair, and thin little hairs that were somehow able to pierce through the smooth porcelain of your scalp. She thinks maybe you will stop being […]