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Fiction / October 2006

The Smell of Smoke

October 12, 2006November 3, 2021 - by Peter Behrens

Green remembers the quality of sunlight on the afternoon he last saw Maggie, August 23, 1968, beside his parents’ swimming pool. It was late in the season so there was …

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Fiction / October 2006

A Billion Little Pieces

October 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Don Gillmor

Illustration by Clayton Hanmer It was one of those days that fill you with hope and a sense of tristesse. They come often to this part of Provence, where our …

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Fiction / September 2006

Married with Husbands

September 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Wendy Dennis

Illustration by Clayton Hanmer A pitch for a new one-hour television series The concept: Rachel Waisberg, a fiftysomething writer, loves her husband, Sam, but they haven’t had sex since their …

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Fiction / July/August 2006

Its a Smallwood, After All

July 12, 2006July 4, 2021 - by Wayne Johnston

One of the advantages of being immortal is that you eventually make—and make up for—every possible mistake

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Fiction / June 2006

What He Saw

June 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Michael Winter

Photograph by Amanda Tetrault Be that way then, she said. And wished she hadn’t. She touched the straps of her bikini and walked down to the sea. She preferred diving …

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Fiction / June 2006

BloodFest ‘06: The May 24th Blackfly Rally

June 12, 2006June 15, 2021 - by Marni Jackson

Really nothing like human blood

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Fiction / May 2006

Travels with Scholars: The Brochure

June 12, 2006July 12, 2017 - by David Hull

This summer, see the world as it was meant to be seen”“through the eyes of professors. Travel to exotic climes with high achievers, who slip with ease ‘twixt ivory tower …

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Fiction / March 2006

Water Spider

March 12, 2006May 27, 2020 - by Randy Boyagoda

He laughed at what passed for tragedy in his new country. Last week, the body of a little girl was found pressed against a sewer grate. She had been catching …

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February 2006 / Fiction

Barnyard Desires

February 12, 2006May 26, 2020 - by Adam Gilders

Leona was awoken by a scratching noise from her ceiling. Furtive rasping claws. Scratch, scratch scratch. She sat up in bed and fixed her eyes on the ceiling, straining to …

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December 2005/January 2006 / Fiction

Jackie

December 12, 2005May 20, 2020 - by Colin McAdam

I made a girlfriend a while ago. String, wax, some chemicals. She was sassy. I made her in the morning and when I got home from work that day I …

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