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2014

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JANUARY 2014

NOT FOR WOMEN — JOE SACKSTEDER

ALL THAT SMOKE HOWLING BLUE — LEESA CROSS-SMITH

FICTIONS — ROB KENAGY

THINKING OF FRANCIS PONGE AND YOU ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON — GERRY LaFEMINA

SOUTH OF TOULOUSE: SNOW — KEITH TAYLOR

THE NATURAL WORLD — JORDAN SULLIVAN

TWO POUND THING — CHRISTINA DRILL

THE PILL BOTTLE — CHARLES McLEOD


FEBRUARY 2014

WHAT HE GAVE HER — MONICA FRIEDMAN

HOW THE MOUNTAIN — C.J. OPPERTHAUSER

NETTLE CREEK CEMETERY — ERIC SHONKWILER

THE MOMENT BEFORE THE EARTH WAS DESTROYED — JARED YATES SEXTON

STRANGERS — AMANDA MISKA

THE UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN — MIKE SALISBURY

4-F — AMORAK HUEY

LITTLE SAIGON — NANCY LYNÉE WOO


MARCH 2014

'54 — A. L. ERWIN

BUNKER — ANTHONY COTE

WORKING GIRL — KYLE HEMMINGS

TWO THOUSAND MILES RUNNING — ANTHONY MARTIN

INSIDE AISLES — TOM DeMARCHI

ELECTIVES AND REQUISITES — MARC J. SHEEHAN

CERULEAN — KENNETH NICHOLS

OH MY DARLING — MATT SAILOR


APRIL 2014

HEAT WAVE — AKI SCHILZ

TEMPT YOUR RETRIBUTION TONIGHT — JUSTIN LAWRENCE DAUGHERTY

PROJECTION — LISA MECHAM

THE WOOD AND THE BLADE — ANNA PRUSHINSKAYA

DRESS UP — MATT BELL

FINGER SPELL — CHASE BURKE

FRIDGE POETRY — JENNIFER CHARDON

THE MUFFIN MAN — JON SINDELL

SIT PRETTY — KATRINA PROW


MAY 2014

REVERBERATE — MAGGIE VIDAL

THE HEART IS THE SIZE OF A FIST — JAMES YATES

FLAWED — LEE L. KRECKLOW

RITUAL IN MIAMI, MAY 1980 — NICK MAINIERI

JR — SCHULER BENSON

PING AND PONG — DANNY RENDLEMAN

HOT — JACQUELYN BENGFORT

BLOOD/LOVE — LEON HEDSTROM

I'D LOVE YOU AS A WOMAN — CARLOTTA EDEN


JUNE 2014

THE BURN — SELIN GÜLGÖZ

DEEP END — LARA PRESCOTT

WARNINGS — GENE KWAK

JELLYFISH — ZARA LISBON

APRIL 10, 2002 — SCOTT DAUGHTRIDGE

WEDNESDAY — BRITT MELEWSKI

LET ME DIE TOO, PLEASE — HANNAH SLOANE

WHITNEY HOUSTON: HOW WILL I KNOW (4:36) — BRIAN OLIU


JULY 2014

HOOD ORNAMENT — BENJAMIN WOODARD

CHERUB WINGS — PETE STEVENS

TUESDAY'S QUESTIONS — LUKE WIGET

REPORT: WHY WE SHOULD SKIP EARTH — JENNIFER A. HOWARD

PERSUASION — ERIC BOYD

ÇA VA — WHITNEY TEAL

THE GINGERBREAD METHOD — PATRICK WILLIAMS

TO CRAWL THROUGH STARS — JASON MARC HARRIS


AUGUST 2014

ROGERS PARK BOTANICA — DAVID MATHEWS

RABBLE DISPERSED — SARAH BAAR

CHIN UP — SARAH LAYDEN

CLODS — WILLIAM VanDenBERG

THE WIND FARM — ELENA M. APONTE

RESORT TOWN — AMY SILVERBERG

B-MOVIE — W. TODD KANEKO

BRAZEN — LAURA RELYEA


SEPTEMBER 2014

FIRST GENERATION — STEPHANIE DEVINE

BATHROOM MIRROR, AFTER SCHOOL — MARLIN M. JENKINS

SUNDAY MORNING AT JONSEYS' DINER (BIDDEFORD, MAINE) — LOUIS RAYMOND

YOUR WONDERWALL — RON RIEKKI

URBAN EQUINES — E.B. BARTELS

SHELTER IN PLACE — BRENT RYDIN

YOU'VE GOT YOUR RESOLUTIONS, WE JUST GOT RESERVATIONS — JUSTIN BROUCKAERT

THE SHREW — JANE LIDDLE

WE HAPPY FEW — TIMSTON JOHNSTON


OCTOBER 2014

PAINT JOB — TATIANA RYCKMAN

SUPERHERO — GARY BERG

YOU'RE GOING TO BLACKMAIL THE PET PSYCHIC — JOHN JODZIO

BEES (A HOMETOWN STORY) — CARMEN LAU

KNOW IT ALL — TODD MERCER

SHOPLIFTING — LAURA CITINO

EPITHALAMION — CEZARIJA ABARTIS

GOLF BALLS — DANIEL W. THOMPSON

AVOIDANCES — J. ALAN MONTROSE


NOVEMBER 2014

THE SABBATH BRIDE — CHARLES BANE, JR.

CAN'T YOU FEEL THE HEAT BETWEEN US — SAMANTHA MEMI

IN RESPONSE — KIRBY JOHNSON

BENEATH THE ROSES — TREVOR DODGE

THAT'S WHAT YOU TELL YOUR FRIENDS — CHRISTOPHER DAVID DiCICCO

BEEF JERKY — ALLISON LEE

ULYSSES' INTERLUDE (2) — DANIEL A. NICHOLLS

A PREDICTION OF JANE — KEVIN BAKER


DECEMBER 2014

HISTORY — NICK BEVAN

SAY NOT REALLY — ADAM SCHUITEMA

TIME AND SPACE — WILLIAM DAVIDSON

SKILLET — IAN D. WALLACE

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