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2016

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JANUARY 2016

A FAMILY IN THE LAST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY — JEFF ESTERHOLM

YOUR WAITER IS AN ACTOR — SARAH HENRY

THE MAN WHO DIDN'T KNOW HOW HE FELT — TREVOR SHIKAZE

I'M THE STEAK — ANNA GRAGERT


FEBRUARY 2016

OUT TO SEA — VICTOR VEKTOR

SICK GIRLS — LAUREN BECKER

JUST LIKE MUMMY — SANTINO PRINZI

NOW YOU KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MOON — ALISON WISDOM

NAME DROPPING — CHRIS CAMPANIONI

THE END, IN THREE ACTS — EMMA WILSON

JIMMY AND HIDEKI TALK IT OVER — KANA PHILIP

LITTERED LIVERS — LEXI SENIOR


MARCH 2016

THE BOOK — LUKE KOKOSZKA

AT THE HOME DEPOT — REEM ABU-BAKER

ONE OF OUR MORE SERIOUS POETS — TARA ROEDER

FOOLS GIVE YOU REASONS — SARAH SCHIFF

THE STRONGEST MAN ON EARTH — MICHAEL MUNGIELLO

WAR MUSE — JEN KNOX

FINGERLESS GLOVES — IAN DENNING

HAILSTONES — HANNAH HARLOW

VACATIONS OF THE COUNTRY — JOE LUCIDO


APRIL 2016

CHILDHOOD — XENIA TAIGA

ON A PARK BENCH IN BROOKLYN — TIMOTHY SCHIRMER

CIRCLE YES OR NO — LIZ BREEN

A CURE FOR MY HANGOVER IS YOUR HANGOVER — SHANNON McLEOD

FITTING — MARVIN SHACKELFORD

FLIGHT — JILLIAN MERRIFIELD

A SMALL, HALTING NOISE — BEN SLOTKY

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY — NATALIE FILKOSKI


MAY 2016

HOW TO MAKE A GOOD CONFESSION — KRISTEN ROUISSE

JANE SAYS — NANCY HIGHTOWER

WHERE ANGELS TROD — AUDRA KERR BROWN

TIGER — KIERON WALQUIST

THIS WHOLE MAJESTIC THING — ANNA LEA JANCEWICZ

FISHING IN VAIN HEMOPHILIACS — MATTHEW GAVIN FRANK

ON TUESDAY THEY BOWL — ANGELA PALM

HOW TO SPEND YOUR TIME BEFORE THE RENEGADE PLANET MAKES IT ALL GO DARK — JUSTIN LAWRENCE DAUGHERTY

MIREILLE ENOS OWNS GRACIAS MADRE — FORTUNATO SALAZAR


AUGUST 2016

MIDNIGHT, OAXACA DE JUÁREZ, MEXICO — A. SCOTT BRITTON

EGGS — LEN KUNTZ

CASTAWAY — RACHEL ATTIAS

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY — LINDA NIEHOFF

WELCOME TO OUR HOVEROFFICE — JON METHVEN

THE BACKYARD GARDEN — MATTHEW SMART

EVOLUTION — J. BRADLEY

GRACE & EVIE — JOHN HARKEY

HOW THE ANIMALS DANCE — EVAN NICHOLLS


SEPTEMBER 2016

ALL THREE SIXTEEN — CHELSEA VOULGARES

IT'S ALL SO BEAUTIFUL — AL KRATZ

ORIGIN LAVENDER — MELISSA WATT

LIFE WITH THREE KIDS — GREG HILL

MY TEACHERS TOLD ME TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE FIRST PERSON — KAJ TANAKA

AN EXPERIMENTAL APOLOGY LETTER — ALLY WHARTON

THE INHERITANCE — MATTHEW K. THIBEAULT

CECILIA'S FLOOD — MICHAEL PATRICK BRADY

REPLACING MYSELF WITH THE COLOR BLUE — LEAH LEINBACH


OCTOBER 2016

VOID — ADAM GIANFORCARO

DOCTOR DIAPERS — CRAIG FISHBANE

ON FLAWS — MACIE MITCHELL

JUST ASKING — CLAIRE GUYTON

A MURDER OF CROWS — JACQUELINE DOYLE

I HATE EVERYONE IN THIS FAMILY — DYLAN BRIE DUCEY

A FIVE-POINTED FAILED PAPER LOVE WEAPON — BETH GILSTRAP

SOFT HISTORY — TAYLOR BOSTICK


NOVEMBER 2016

STRICKEN — CHLOE N. CLARK

IKE & BENNY — ADAM VAN WINKLE

THINGS NO ONE EVER TOLD ME BUT I FIGURED OUT ANYWAY — JACLYN GRIMM

FAITH — DAN MALAKIN

RED NAIL POLISH — MARGARET EMMA BRANDL

BABY NEEDLE — DILARA O'NEIL

MIND THE PIXIE DUST — KATHRYN MICHAEL McMAHAON


DECEMBER 2016

LOCATE THE SOURCE — ASHLEY HUTSON

INFIDELITY LOVE SUIT — JENNIFER FLISS

CARL & JANEY — DAN NIELSEN

GHOST TOWN — LYNSEY MORANDIN

THE WAY SHE LEFT IT — TEREK HOPKINS

COYOTE — RYAN RIDGE

BRIEF BUT UNSETTLING HOME VIDEOS — JEREMY BRONAUGH

STRONG TONGUE — KATHY FISH

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