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Creation Stories

When they cut flesh again and again sometimes the muscle buckles, like how metal can only be soldered so many times before it’s fused to…

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How Clouds Form: The Orographic Lifting of the Mother

Another method by which clouds form is through the lifting of air by an advancing storm system or, more often, by the slope of a…

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Bologna

“Just pop it in the cooler, there. How is that so hard,” he says. “Just throw the damn thing in there.” My sister and I…

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NANO Fiction Loves Moms

  The editors of NANO Fiction love our moms! And over the years we have published quite a few stories about moms of every kind: wholesome mothers,…

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Guadalupe

Lady of Guadalupe, will you lie next to me and caress me? Am I being too forward? I cross my heart and hope to die…

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Lost in Supermarkets

You don’t go to supermarkets to dance, but this is how that music makes you feel, this song that is pretty and jangly and happy…

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Salted Carmel Pretzel

When I returned from the restroom, Salvator had switched places with the server. My husband, two tables away, scribbled orders onto a pad, while Kitty,…

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Bearish

My husband’s granddaddy felled the bear upon the rangy earth of Wyoming—the grassy compass back of that American square, a spread-wide book of glory. I…

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I Would Prefer You Not Contact My Previous Employer

Costco policy says bakery personnel have to put on gloves before using a serrated knife. It’s a safety issue, and Costco supposedly places top priority…

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P E C F D

Today, I’m keeping my grandmother company. She’s older, her renewal is on the line. My parents don’t think she should be driving much anymore. She…

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