December 2010
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Murdering Flowers by Brittany Michelson
Alexander tried to light a flower on fire once. His parents assumed he wanted to test the boundaries. The police officer from two doors down said he was a Pyromaniac. His teenage cousin Luke congratulated him for being a rebel. His hippie aunt, who was a flower child back in the day, remarked with a wistful sigh that he was murdering flowers. If that were the case, Alexander reasoned, his older...
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Red Panties by Bernadette Adams Davis
Someone found Victor slumped over in his truck in a parking lot on the eastside. At a sushi bar you’ve passed by on your way to the beach.
That’s all the doctor told you. He said they are still trying to figure out why your husband is unconscious.
You would be able to see him soon, the doctor promised. Victor is in transit from the ER to some test and then to a room on the fourth floor of...
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Raptured by Dixon Hearne
“There’s no other word for it, friends—BLASPHEMY!” The tent preacher snatches up the Bible in his right hand and draws his left into an angry fist, shaking it at the gap-toothed, bug-eyed crowd. “Ain’t no use trying. You can’t run away from your sins—Holy Jesus!” A round chorus of Amens washes over the sweaty congregation—hand fans are totally useless on such muggy Delta nights. Weaker stock...